Looking back

Photo: Otago Witness
Photo: Otago Witness
This shipment of 95 cases of oatmeal, each containing 12 seven pound bags, was gristed and packed free of charge in December 1914 by Fleming and Company and their employees, using oats gifted to the Charlton Patriotic Committee.

The shipment went on the government troopship Willochra to Belgium for distribution.