It is a single square among 45 in a Lest We Forget quilt that means a lot to Carol Seal.
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The quilt commemorates soldiers who fought in past wars.
That particular square was made especially to remember the men who fought in Vietnam.
And among them was Mrs Seal’s husband Clarence Graham, who is now in a nursing home.
Mr Graham was a professional soldier stationed in Nui Dat.
Mrs Seal, vice-president of East Maitland RSL Womens Auxilliary, said 80 people came to see the quilt when it was exhibited for a day in East Maitland.
It is one of three quilts to be raffled in Sydney on November 1 - 100 years since troops left Albany in Western Australia to serve in World War I.
Money raised from the raffles will go to RSL LifeCare, the state president’s Christmas Appeal, and the Disaster Fund.
A great-grandmother, Mrs Seal said her husband came home from Vietnam and had been treated for post traumatic stress disorder.
“Many of the soldiers who served in Vietnam were not treated well when they came home,” she said.
“That particular square in the quilt displayed in East Maitland carries a great deal of meaning for me.
“Our RSL at East Maitland was the only one in the area where a quilt was displayed,” she said.
“I think all of the 80 people who came to see it bought raffle tickets and we were very pleased with the response.”
One square was contributed by Maitland woman Peggy Hume, whose husband Fred served in the second 30th Battalion during World War II.
Mr Hume spent three years as a prisoner of war after Singapore fell to the Japanese.
Mrs Hume, a member of the RSL’s Maitland branch of the Women’s Auxilliary, said she was grateful for the opportunity to contribute a square in her husband’s honour, which meant he would never be forgotten.