Fundraising Governance

Allocation of donations
All donations received by the Australian War Memorial (AWM) for the FESR memorial will be separately recorded against a specific funds centre to ensure contributions are quarantined and applied for this purpose only.

Tax deductibility of donations
Donations made to the Australian War Memorial over $2 are tax deductible, and receipts will be issued where donor contact details are provided by the FESR War Memorial Foundation Inc. or direct to the AWM.
See our Tax Receipt page to request a receipt.

Donations collected by the Foundation
The Australian War Memorial will accept donations for the FESR memorial via the Foundation provided:

they are made for the express purpose of the construction of the permanent FESR memorial at the Australian War Memorial, and
no material benefit was provided to the donor in return for their contribution.

An interim receipt will be issued by the Foundation until the donation is transferred to the AWM account.

Transfer of donations to the Australian War Memorial
Donations received via the FESR War Memorial Foundation Inc. will be transferred to the Australian War Memorial in the financial year they were made by the donor.

Budget status
The status of the total project budget and donations transferred will be reported to the Project Steering Group, in accordance with the governance arrangements negotiated at the time project budget is confirmed. Where transfers are made in advance of the project officially commencing, the Australian War Memorial's CFO can provide updates on the status of the project budget to the Foundation.

Brisbane, Qld. October 1961. It was a fond farewell for this member of 4 Field Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery (RAA), at the Brisbane interstate station when he was farewelled by his Ipswich nursing fiancee. He was leaving for service in Malaya.

Terendak, Malaya. 1964. The band of the 3RAR play on the parade ground.

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