tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13434283137823807792024-02-18T19:39:14.103-08:00AIF Online MuseumAn online collection of artifacts from the Australian Imperial Force, 1914-1919AIF Online Museumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09823952204827887903noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1343428313782380779.post-89730148119482035572012-07-12T00:14:00.000-07:002012-07-12T00:17:02.592-07:00Silver War Badge: Private Theodore Kenneth McLachlan, 58 Battalion, AIF<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Title</b><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Silver War Badge: Private <span class="headername">Theodore Kenneth McLachlan</span>, 58 Battalion,<b> </b>AIF </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Date made<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></b>c 1918</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Silver War Badge with impressed serial number 'A21207' on reverse. The badge is circular with the words 'FOR KING AND EMPIRE SERVICES RENDERED' around the rim, and a voided cypher and crown of King George V in the centre. The reverse has a hinged horizontal pin clasp. These badges were issued to men who could no longer serve and were discharged because age, wounds or sickness had rendered them permanently unfit for further service.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span class="headername"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Theodore Kenneth McLachlan</span></span> was a 30 year old drover from Echuca, with 4 ½ years part-time service in the Victoria Rangers (time expired 1909), when he enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) on 20 June 1916. 2773 Private McLachlan embarked for overseas from Melbourne, Victoria, on board Transport A71 <i>Nestor</i> on 2 October 1916 with the 6 Reinforcement of 58 Battalion. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">He disembarked at <place w:st="on"><city w:st="on">Plymouth</city>, <country-region w:st="on">England</country-region></place> on 16 November 1916, and began training with 15 Training Battalion soon after. Private McLachlan proceeded overseas to <place w:st="on"><country-region w:st="on">France</country-region></place> on 30 December and began a further period of training with 5 Division Base Depot, Etaples.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Private McLachlan was taken on strength of 58 Battalion in the field from 5 DBD on 7 February 1917. He was wounded in action on 26 March with a gun shot wound to the abdominal wall and fractured ribs. The seriously wounded McLachlan was evacuated to 3 Australian Casualty Clearing Station on 28 March. This was followed by transportation to <country-region w:st="on">England</country-region> and admission to <place w:st="on"><placename w:st="on">Brooke</placename> <placename w:st="on">War</placename> <placetype w:st="on">Hospital</placetype></place>, Woolwich on 19 April. McLachlan was transferred to 3 Auxiliary Hospital, Woolwich on 20 July 1917. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">On 7 Aug McLachlan was discharged from 3 Aux Hospital and allowed to go on 2 week furlough. At the completion of his leave, he was ordered to <city w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Weymouth</place></city> on 21 Aug. He left <country-region w:st="on">England</country-region> to return to <country-region w:st="on">Australia</country-region> on 18 Oct and arrived in <city w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Melbourne</place></city> on 10 December 1917. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">2773 Private McLachlan was <span style="color: black;">discharged</span> as medically unfit on 8 Mar 1918. His GRI Silver War Badge was issued on 23 July 1918.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Theodore’s two brothers also served:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">347 James Osrich Neil McLachlan, 13 Light Horse Regiment, enlisted on 28 Dec 1914, returned to <place w:st="on"><country-region w:st="on">Australia</country-region></place> on 27 Apr 1919.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">2195 Norman Hector McLachlan, 13 Light Horse Regiment<span style="color: black;">,</span> enlisted on 15 Oct 1915, returned to <country-region w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Australia</place></country-region> on 15 Jan 1919.</span></div>
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</div>AIF Online Museumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09823952204827887903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1343428313782380779.post-84532910745891101492012-06-27T17:39:00.000-07:002012-07-12T00:19:18.316-07:00Volunteered For Active Service Badge, Medically Unfit: Edward Stanley Dusting<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>ID Number</b> PERS016</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Title</b> Volunteered For Active Service Badge, Medically </span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;">Unfit: Edward Stanley Dusting</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Place made </b>Australia</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Date made </b>1916 </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Physical </b>Silver plated brass</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Circular, silver plated Volunteered For Active Service Badge - Medically Unfit. Around the outside of the badge in raised lettering is 'VOLUNTEERED FOR ACTIVE SERVICE'. In the center of the badge is the Australian coat of arms surrounded by 'ISSUED BY DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE MEDICALLY UNFIT' in raised lettering. On the reverse of the badge are two silver plated lugs. Beneath the lug is impressed the badge number '53093'.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Volunteered For Active Service, Medically Unfit badge was issued to people of military age who had volunteered for active service outside Australia since 1 July 1915, but had been certified by an authorised Medical Officer as medically unfit to do so.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Badge 53093 was issued on 30 June 1916 to Edward Stanley Dusting of 240 Graham Street Port Melbourne. During the course of the First World War 38 men joined the AIF from Graham Street. Edward Dusting had volunteered to serve also, though he was rejected as being medically unfit, and this badge must have been very welcome when it was issued, as it would show the families of those that were serving that he had attempted to ‘do his bit’.</span></div>
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<br />AIF Online Museumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09823952204827887903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1343428313782380779.post-18240097814974008402012-05-20T05:00:00.000-07:002012-05-20T06:52:58.096-07:00Stretcher Bearer's Brassard<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>ID Number</b> PERS015</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Maker </b>Hicks, Atkinson & Sons Pty
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Physical </b>Brass; linen; wool; felt; white
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<span style="font-size: large;">White woollen herringbone brassard (arm band), lined with
white linen, with a white metal buckle, and five brass eyelets at the free end
for size adjustment. The letters ‘SB’ denoting stretcher bearer are sewn in
fine red felted wool cloth to the centre. The rear bears manufactures stamp in
purple ink ‘HICKS, ATKINSON & SONS PTY LTD 1916’ and a black stamped
military inspector's arrow and the two letter code ‘WS’.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">These brassards were worn on the left upper sleeve by
stretcher bearers to identify their function and to allow them not to be
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://cas.awm.gov.au/item/REL/01274" target="_blank">For an identical stretchers bearer’s brassard held by the AWM click here.</a> </span></div>
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<span id="goog_1818947515"></span><span id="goog_1818947516"></span>AIF Online Museumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09823952204827887903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1343428313782380779.post-37344413967424800352012-05-11T08:25:00.000-07:002012-07-12T00:20:06.699-07:00Sergeant Morrish Paul Tonkin MM, 7 Light Horse Regiment, AIF<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Title</b> Soldier’s Continuation Pay Book: Sergeant Morrish Paul Tonkin, 7 Light Horse Regiment, AIF</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Army Book 64, Soldier's (Continuation) Pay Book for use on Active Service, with red brown glazed linen cover and 16 pages.<span style="color: red;"> </span><span style="color: black;">Period covers 28 September 1916 - 30 April 1917.</span><span style="color: red;"> </span>Owner's details printed on page 3: ‘Regiment or Corps, <b><i>7<sup>th</sup> Light Horse</i></b>; Squadron, Battery, or Company, <b><i>B</i></b>; No., <b><i>334</i></b><i>; </i>Name in full, <b><i>Tonkin</i></b><b><i>, Morrish Paul</i></b>; Date of Attestation, <b><i>30/9/14</i></b>;<i> </i>Age on Enlistment, <b><i>19 11/12</i></b><i><span style="color: red;">.</span></i><span style="color: red;"></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Morrish Paul Tonkin was a 20 year old farmer from Cronulla, New South Wales when he enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) on 30 September 1914. 334 Trooper Tonkin embarked for overseas on board HMAT A33 <i>Ayrshire</i> on 20 December 1914 with B Squadron 7 Light Horse Regiment. He disembarked in Egypt on 1 February 1915.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Initially light horse units, being mounted, were considered unsuitable for operations on Gallipoli. However, after the landing and infantry casualties mounted, it was decided dismount the light horse and deploy them to reinforce the tenuous ANZAC position. The 7 Light Horse Regiment was sent to Gallipoli in late May and became responsible for a position on the extreme right of the ANZAC line.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">On 8 August, Trooper Tonkin was evacuated from Gallipoli due to illness and sent to Egypt. He rejoined his regiment in Gallipoli on 2 October. The 7<sup> </sup>Light Horse was in a defensive role until it left the peninsula on 20 December 1915. Trooper Tonkin arrived at Alexandria, Egypt on Christmas Day 1915.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In Egypt, the 7 Light Horse Regiment became part of the ANZAC Mounted Division and, in April 1916, joined the forces defending the Suez Canal from a Turkish advance across the Sinai Desert.<span style="color: red;"> </span>It fought at the battle of Romani on 4 August, at Katia the following day, and was involved in the advance that followed the Turkish retreat back across the desert. On 14 August Trooper Tonkin was promoted to Corporal.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The regiment spent late 1916 and early 1917 engaged on patrol work until the British advance into Palestine stalled before the Turkish bastion of Gaza. It was then involved in the two abortive battles to capture Gaza directly on 27 March and 19 April respectively. On 2 June 1917, Tonkin attended on a 2 week Hotchkiss Machine Gun Course. On 31 October, the 7 Light Horse participated in the wide outflanking move via Beersheba that ultimately led to the fall of Gaza.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">When Gaza fell on 7 November 1917, the Turkish positions in southern Palestine collapsed. The 7 Light Horse Regiment was involved in the pursuit that followed and led to the capture of Jerusalem in December. The focus of British operations then moved to the Jordan Valley. In 1918 the 7 Light Horse Regiment was involved in the raids on Amman between 24 and 27 February and Es Salt on 30 April to 4 May. Corporal Tonkin was promoted to Sergeant on 17 June. On 14 July the regiment also helped defeat a joint Turkish-German attack launched on the Jordan bridgehead around Musallabeh.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The next major British offensive was launched along the coast in September 1918, and the 7 Light Horse Regiment took part in a subsidiary effort east of the Jordan. It was part of the force that captured Amman on 25 September. The next day Sergeant Tonkin was awarded the Military Medal (research is currently being undertaken to obtain a copy of the MM citation). The capture of Amman proved to be the 7 Light Horse’s last major engagement of the war as Turkey surrendered on 30 October 1918.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">On 15 November 1918, Sergeant Tonkin MM embarked for Australia on 1914 leave. He arrived in Australia on 26 December and discharged on 24 February 1919 earning the total sum of 600 Pounds for his war service.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Morrish Tonkin again served his country, during the Second World War from 9 Sep 1941 to 1 Nov 1945.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Also see PERS014.02, 03, and 04.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Title</b> Soldier’s pay book: Sergeant Morrish Paul Tonkin, 7 Light Horse Regiment, AIF</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Soldier's pay book, serial number 236790. It is missing its dark brown glazed linen cover and has 19 pages. Period covers 1 May 1917 - 24 February 1919. Owner's pay details printed on front cover: ‘Pay-Book No. 236790; Surname, <b><i>TONKIN</i></b>; Christian Names, <b><i>Morrish Paul</i></b>; Regimental No.,<b><i> 344</i></b>; Religion, <b>C of E</b>; Rank, <b><i>Tpr </i></b>(crossed out and replaced with <b><i>Sgt</i></b>); Date of Attestation, <b><i>30/9/14</i></b>;<i> </i>Age on Enlistment, <b><i>19 11/12</i></b><i>; </i>Unit, <b><i>7 ALH Regt</i></b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Title</b> Pay Book Cover: Sergeant Morrish Paul Tonkin, 7 Light Horse Regiment, AIF</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Physical </b>Cardboard; impregnated linen</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A dark brown impregnated linen cover designed to hold the Soldier’s Pay Book and to protect it from moisture. On the cover is hand written “No. 334 M P Tonkin 7<sup>th</sup> ALH Regt”.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Title</b> Transport Ship’s Berthing Card: Sergeant Morrish Paul Tonkin, 7 Light Horse Regiment, AIF</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A printed cardboard berthing card<span style="color: red;"> </span>for the SS Port Darwin<span style="color: red;"> </span>issued to 334 Sergeant Morrish Paul Tonkin MM, 7 Light Horse Regiment, when he returned to Australia in November 1918. It shows his berthing location, boat station and mess hall location.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Place made </b>Australia, South Australia,
Adelaide</span> </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Date made </b>1915</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Physical </b>Leather, brass,
copper and steel</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Nine
pocket, brown leather
ammunition bandolier. The leather band supporting the ammunition pouches
is cut
in a curve and is in two pieces joined by three steel rivets. Each side
has a
cut out strip in the centre where the pouches are attached top and
bottom by
steel and copper rivets. There are five pouches on the front side and 4
on the
rear. Each pouch carries 2 charging clips of 5 rounds each for a total
capacity
of 90 rounds. Each pouch has a flap fastened by a brass stud. Inside
each pouch is a leather divider so that only one charger may be removed
at a time. The pouches of
this particular bandolier have been modified by cutting a slit in the
pocket
body to act as a further means of securing the pocket flaps. The length
of the
bandolier can be adjusted by brass buckles at either end. The bandolier
is stamped with manufacturer ‘Holden & Frost 1915’, unit ‘12 ALH, B
SQUADRON, 53’ and
also with the initials ‘RBW’.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This particular bandolier was used by a member of B Squadron of the 12 Light Horse Regiment. When it was found it had been
stored since the period 1918/19. It had pieces 1918 dated newspaper folded and
stored in the pockets to make sure that they would keep their shape.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The 12th Light Horse Regiment was raised, as part
of the 4th Light Horse Brigade, at Liverpool,
New South Wales, on 1 March 1915.
It sailed from Australia
in two contingents in June 1915. The first contingent put in at Aden on 12 July
to reinforce the British garrison there against a predicted enemy attack; they
only left their ship for a single route march, and sailed again on 18 July
without having seen action.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The regiment was reunited in Egypt on 23 July 1915 and began training as
infantry, having been ordered to leave its horses in Australia. A month later it
deployed to Gallipoli. The regiment was again split up, to reinforce three
light horse regiments already ashore - A Squadron went to the 1st Light Horse
Regiment, <b>B Squadron to the 7th</b>, and
C Squadron to the 6th. It was not reunited until 22 February 1916, by which
time all of the AIF troops from Gallipoli had returned to Egypt.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Returning to its mounted role, the 12th Light
Horse joined the forces defending the Suez Canal
on 14 May 1916. In ensuing months it conducted patrols and participated in
several forays out into the Sinai
Desert. In April 1917 the
regiment moved into Palestine
to join the main British and dominion advance. It joined its first major battle
on 19 April when it attacked, dismounted, as part of the ill-fated second
battle of Gaza.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">With two frontal attacks on Gaza
having failed, the next attempt to capture the Turkish bastion was a wide
outflanking move via the town of Beersheba,
launched on 31 October 1917. A deteriorating tactical situation late on the
first day of the operation caused the 12th and its sister regiment, the 4th, to
be unleashed on Beersheba at the gallop - an
action which has gone down in history as the charge of Beersheba.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">After Gaza fell on
7 November 1917, Turkish resistance in southern Palestine collapsed. The 12th Light Horse
participated in the pursuit that followed, and then spent the first months of
1918 resting and training. It moved into the Jordan Valley
in time to participate in the Es Salt raid between 29 April and 4 May. The
regiment subsequently manned defences on the west bank of the Jordan.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In August, the regiment was issued with swords
and trained in traditional cavalry tactics in preparation for the next
offensive against the Turks. This was launched along the Palestine
coast on 19 September 1918 - its objective, Damascus. The mounted forces penetrated deep into
the Turkish rear areas severing roads, railways and communications links. The
12th Light Horse was one of the first Australian units to enter Damascus on 2 October
1918. The regiment was soon involved in the next stage of the advance and was
on its way to Homs
when the Turks surrendered on 30 October. While awaiting to embark for home,
the 12th Light Horse were called back to operational duty to quell the Egyptian
revolt that erupted in March 1919; order was restored in little over a month.
The regiment sailed for home on 20 July 1919.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>ID Number</b> UNI001</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Title</b> Other Ranks' Service Dress
Jacket</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Maker </b>Reed & Bush</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Object Type </b>Uniform </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Place made </b>Australia</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Date made </b>1916</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Physical </b>Cotton; Oxidised brass; Brass;
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<span style="font-size: large;">An
other rank's unlined khaki
wool service dress jacket with a stand and fall collar, pleated breast
pockets
with pointed flaps, and large expanding pockets on each hip, also with
pointed
flaps. The front of the jacket, pockets, cuffs and shoulder straps and
collar
are fastened with pressed leather buttons – these having replaced the
original
vegetable composition buttons. A fabric false belt is sewn to the waist
and the
free end fastens with a brass slide buckle. A box pleat runs from back
yoke
down the length of the jacket for expansion and ease of wear. The back
of
jacket is also loosely pleated into the waistband while the front is
shaped by
four vertical darts running behind the pockets. The collar bears
oxidised brass
'Rising Sun' general service badges, and the shoulder straps have
straight
oxidised brass 'AUSTRALIA'
titles. There is rank insignia for sergeant on the upper right sleeve
(being made from a corporal to which has been added a single stripe) and
four blue woven service chevrons sewn to the lower right sleeve (these
are in
fact upside down with the point down as opposed to up), indicating 4
years overseas service beginning in 1915. Above the left hand
chest pocket is two small incisions to which a ribbon bar for the
Military Medal has been added. A printed cotton
manufacturer's label sewn to the inside back yoke reads, 'REED &
BUSH SIZE
20 1916. The jacket has been altered by a tailor to give a better fit by
the partial removal of the collar and creating two large darts that run
diagonally from the
front of the collar to the outer corner of each breast pocket, and then
replacing the collar. The sleeve length has been reduced by removing the
cuff
and shortening the sleeve and reattaching the cuff. A hook and eye have
been sewn to the edges of
the collar to allow it to be fastened together, thereby creating a smart
look
that was much in fashion with some individuals. The chest pockets have
had glove
snaps sewn to their insides to prevent the corners from turning up.
There is evidence of unit colour patches having been removed in the
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Title</b> Sam
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Maker </b>M. Harve and
CompanyLimited</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Date made </b>1916</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Physical </b>Leather and
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<span style="font-size: large;">A brown leather Sam Browne belt
with brass fittings and single shoulder strap. The belt is fitted with a double
clawed brass buckle, and has a brass stud and sliding leather loop to locate
the free end of the belt tongue. A flat brass
hook is located on the left hand side. There are 4 reinforced brass 'D' rings
attached to the top edge of the belt, enabling 2 shoulder straps to be worn. A
further pair of 'D' rings is located on the lower edge of the belt, at the left
hand hip either side of the brass hook. The shoulder strap, which passes from
the left hand front (over the right shoulder) to the left hand rear loop, is
attached at front and rear by a brass stud and eyelet, and adjusted by a brass
buckle. Marked inside the belt in ink is ‘F Fourro’ and stamped is ‘Lieut F
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<span style="font-size: large;">Frank Fourro was a 29 year old married
brickmaker from Auburn, New South Wales with 3 years service in the
Australian Rifle Regiment and 15 months service in the Canadian Militia Artillery
when he enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) on 17 August 1914. 124
Private Fourro embarked for overseas on board HMAT A14 <i>Euripides</i> on 19
October 1914 with A Company of the 3 Battalion.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Private Fourro landed on
Gallipoli with the 3 Battalion on 25 April 1915. He was wounded in action on 27
April and was subsequently evacuated. He was promoted to Corporal on 17 May and
rejoined his unit on Gallipoli on 28 August. On 23 September Corporal Fourro
was evacuated from Gallipoli once again, this time being admitted to 3 Australia General
Hospital at Mudros on the Island of Lemnos Island, with Dysentery. He returned
to the Gallipoli and was subsequently promoted to Sergeant on 1 December 1915.
Fourro arrived in Alexandria,
Egypt from the evacuation
of Gallipoli on 29 December 1915.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">On 12 March 1916 Sergeant Fourro
was transferred to the 1 Machine Gun Company and along with that he unit embarked
at Alexandria on 22 March and arrived Marseilles, France
on 28 March. On 27 July 1916 he was wounded in action for the second time with
a gun shot wound to the right heel and was sent to the 4 Field Ambulance. He
was subsequently sent to the 23 General Hospital Etaples, 20 August and embarked
for England and arrived at
the Beaufort War Hospital
the next day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Upon discharge from hospital,
Sergeant Fourro was subsequently transferred to the 34 Battalion on 21 October
1916. He embarked for France
on 21 November 1916 and attended a Bombing course from 22 to 29 January 1917.
On 10 February 1917 Fourro was promoted to Second Lieutenant. He transferred to
the 35 Battalion on 17 February. On 2 June 1917 Second Lieutenant Fourro was wounded
in action for the third time with a Gun Shot Wound to the right leg which was
listed as severe. He was sent to the 9 Field Ambulance, the 2
Australian Casualty Clearing Station, the 4 General Hospital and the 3 London General Hospital.</span></div>
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to Lieutenant. He was discharged from 3 London
General Hospital on 26 July and was posted to the 9 Training Battalion on 7
August. On 21 October 1917 he marched in to 10 Training Battalion, Fovent.
Between 10 and 22 September 1917 Lieutenant Fourro undertook a bombing instructor’s
course, at Lyndhurst.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">On 4 February 1918 Fourro was
admitted sick to Fovent
Hospital. On 22 April he
transferred to London General
Hospital and on 3 May he
was transferred to 5 Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Wandsworth. Lieutenant
Fourro returned to Australia
due to Anaemia Debility/Anaemic Heart 12 May 1918.</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.awm.gov.au/units/unit_11222.asp" target="_blank">For more information on the 35th Battalion, click here</a> </span></div>
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<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsBzeS4NDsCylDJYP5IIjZg9HR665j3BeMrmBsbY2FfYCJaqumMgiyhcINKFdsXQ2E__f5FLc0a2z9iRDkzhtt2LDtyjEXApctrxWOIBDAf6DPBLv5Q133BajCQhyphenhyphenNcwAdIwBPeLDOSsEh/s1600/Fourro,+Lieut.+F.+-+Copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsBzeS4NDsCylDJYP5IIjZg9HR665j3BeMrmBsbY2FfYCJaqumMgiyhcINKFdsXQ2E__f5FLc0a2z9iRDkzhtt2LDtyjEXApctrxWOIBDAf6DPBLv5Q133BajCQhyphenhyphenNcwAdIwBPeLDOSsEh/s1600/Fourro,+Lieut.+F.+-+Copy.jpg" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Photo
of Lieutenant Frank Fourro circa 1918 wearing the exact same Sam Browne
belt seen above. Courtesy of the Australian National Archives.</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />AIF Online Museumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09823952204827887903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1343428313782380779.post-23117239966758989422012-03-14T07:26:00.001-07:002012-03-14T08:05:25.422-07:00Soldier’s Pay Book: Gunner Arthur Jones, Z5A Medium Trench Mortar Battery, AIF<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlWkcZQttEESDcKsxHu5HV8SfRjfE2omh51clNouUxRRR_HsyrOHz4xFuM5qZX7v47AZ69aKO4EaBj6pBO4BISyKPWFS5ew0ZZ5oaro3yYmnxstpFB3a5PYC8GMAdxURv-YR6CMwD_vnAx/s1600/DSCN3394.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlWkcZQttEESDcKsxHu5HV8SfRjfE2omh51clNouUxRRR_HsyrOHz4xFuM5qZX7v47AZ69aKO4EaBj6pBO4BISyKPWFS5ew0ZZ5oaro3yYmnxstpFB3a5PYC8GMAdxURv-YR6CMwD_vnAx/s640/DSCN3394.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: -43.7pt; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>ID Number</b> PERS012.02</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: -43.7pt; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: -43.7pt; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Title</b> Soldier's Pay Book: Gunner Arthur Jones, Z5A Medium Trench Mortar </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: -43.7pt; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Battery, AIF</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: -43.7pt; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: -43.7pt; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Maker </b>Unknown</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: -43.7pt; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /><b>Object Type </b></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">Personal Equipment </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: -43.7pt; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: -43.7pt; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Place made </b>Unknown</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: -43.7pt; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: -43.7pt; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Date made </b>c 1916-1917</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: -43.7pt; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: -43.7pt; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Physical </b>Paper;
missing cardboard and linen cover</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: -43.7pt; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Description</b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: -43.7pt; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: -43.7pt; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Description</b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Soldier's pay book, serial number 79806. It is missing
its dark brown glazed linen cover and has 19 pages. Period covers 1 March 1917
- 10 September 1918. Owner's pay details printed on front cover: ‘Pay-Book No.
79806; Surname, <b><i>Jones</i></b>; Christian Names, <b><i>Arthur</i></b>; Regimental No.,<b><i> 2673</i></b>;
Unit, <b><i>Z.5.A Medium Trench Mortar Battery</i></b>; Transferred to, <b><i>10<sup>th</sup>
A.M.T.M BTY</i></b>.’</span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">See PERS012.01 (below) for summary </span></span></div>
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</tbody></table>
<br />AIF Online Museumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09823952204827887903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1343428313782380779.post-12831511221186298882012-03-14T07:18:00.000-07:002012-03-14T07:29:03.743-07:00Soldier’s Pay Book: Gunner Arthur Jones, Z5A Medium Trench Mortar Battery, AIF<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr align="left"><td class="tr-caption"><div style="text-align: left;">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>ID Number</b> PERS012.01</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Title</b> Soldier’s Pay Book: Gunner
Arthur Jones, Z5A Medium Trench Mortar Battery, AIF</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Maker </b>Albert J. Mullett, Government
Printer, Melbourne</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /><b>Object Type </b></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">Personal Equipment </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Place made </b>Australia,
Victoria, Melbourne</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Date made </b>1915</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Physical </b>Cardboard; linen; paper</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Description</b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Description</b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 12pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Army Book 64,
Soldier's Pay Book for use on Active Service, with brown glazed linen cover and
16 pages. Period covers 27 October 1915 - 22 February 1917. Owner's
details printed on page 3: ‘Regiment or Corps, <b><i>23 Batt</i></b>; Squadron, Battery, or Company, <b><i>6 Rfts</i></b><i> </i>(this has subsequently been crossed and <b><i>58<sup>th</sup></i></b><i> </i>and later <b><i>Z5A T.M. B’ty</i></b> has been
added); No., <b><i>2673</i></b><i>; </i>Rank, <b><i>Pte</i></b><i> </i>(crossed out and replaced with <b><i>Gunner</i></b>);
Name in full, <b><i>Jones Arthur</i></b>; Date of Attestation, <b><i>2/8/15</i></b>;<i> </i>Age on Enlistment, <b><i>27 7/12</i></b><i>.</i></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Summary</b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Arthur Jones was a 27 year old
wheeler from Wonthaggi, Victoria when he enlisted in the Australian
Imperial Force (AIF) on 2 August 1915. 2673 Private Jones embarked for overseas
on board HMAT A38 <i>Ulysses</i> on 27 October 1915 with the 6 Reinforcement of
the 23 Battalion. He disembarked at Alexandria Egypt
on 24 November 1915. Jones was admitted to the 3 Australian General Hospital from
18 to 28 January 1916. He was transferred to the 58 Battalion on 23 February.
On 5 March 1916 he transferred to the 59 Battalion and was sent to Ferry Post
and the Suez Canal Defences. Jones embarked at Alexandria
on 18 June and disembarked on 29 June at Marseilles,
France.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;">On 5 July 1916 Private Jones transferred
to the Z5A Trench Mortar Battery and his rank became Gunner. After almost a
year of operations, including participation in such battles as Poziers and Ypres,
he was granted leave to the United
Kingdom, lasting from 28 April to 13 May
1917. From 9 August to 5 September 1917 Gunner
Jones attended a course of instruction at the 5 Army Trench Mortar School. He
was admitted to hospital sick with knee injury from 17 September to 17 October
1917.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Gunner Jones transferred to the
10 Australian Trench Mortar Battery on 28
January 1918. He was granted a second leave to the United Kingdom, lasting from 9 to
26 February 1918. Jones was admitted to hospital sick with scabies from 10
April to 10 May 1918. He was wounded in action, gun shot wound to his hand,
near Mont St Quentin on 19 August 1918 and was sent to the 9 Field Ambulance, then to the 55
Casualty Clearing Station and subsequently to the 6 Australian General Hospital, Rouen. On 21
September 1918 Jones was evacuated to the United Kingdom
and admitted to Portsmouth
Military Hospital.
He marched into the Overseas Training Brigade, Hurdcott, on 30 November 1918.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Gunner Jones left the UK on 8 January 1919 and arrived in Melbourne Australia
27 February. He was discharged on 21 April 1919.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Also see PERS012.02.</span></div>
</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />AIF Online Museumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09823952204827887903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1343428313782380779.post-22606236952546319432012-03-08T07:30:00.000-08:002012-04-25T21:06:33.440-07:00Identity Discs: Lance Corporal Leslie Thomas McIntyre, 59 and 60 Battalions, AIF<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQf4aMW_741Nu4yyXdyhtqeIPd58TVyPwUivWE02OEdLt_dax8WY6J4-pAoLSkLoGFUsA0-ln3ITr7n-qsGRofHdFAK1o0WQR_6vIIQbTBy3ujsF_1q9t6cb-OEYkVh64UXNmQqo_vroi9/s1600/DSCN3382.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQf4aMW_741Nu4yyXdyhtqeIPd58TVyPwUivWE02OEdLt_dax8WY6J4-pAoLSkLoGFUsA0-ln3ITr7n-qsGRofHdFAK1o0WQR_6vIIQbTBy3ujsF_1q9t6cb-OEYkVh64UXNmQqo_vroi9/s400/DSCN3382.JPG" width="363" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">PERS011.1 Obverse</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdehGtz3RW7rOhDhHfP0mjT_5elWoJZ1mzlgg6buwv65y1awK1WPkotNtm4pNm7kOKZyuzhsrZVYHiJQvhy84DxXahaYm8U1W8QjgVNn6cShkIgjaQdjXNBtbqcCnO9roG0k4JAOSVllSx/s1600/DSCN3384.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdehGtz3RW7rOhDhHfP0mjT_5elWoJZ1mzlgg6buwv65y1awK1WPkotNtm4pNm7kOKZyuzhsrZVYHiJQvhy84DxXahaYm8U1W8QjgVNn6cShkIgjaQdjXNBtbqcCnO9roG0k4JAOSVllSx/s400/DSCN3384.JPG" width="352" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">PERS011.1 Reverse</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdZi-JhB3P1qkV85frtZtGhNAYXEJVMviF-TSJ90BXqimG3Gx-PS5SXV99-BZmg6KkZsnjPFFEQOhbhJC_yCjQR8SU7CjV1fIGHqnLUlVBpfnfk4tUbopklSqQlPqMfG6AhUjw-h48GR6O/s1600/DSCN3386.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdZi-JhB3P1qkV85frtZtGhNAYXEJVMviF-TSJ90BXqimG3Gx-PS5SXV99-BZmg6KkZsnjPFFEQOhbhJC_yCjQR8SU7CjV1fIGHqnLUlVBpfnfk4tUbopklSqQlPqMfG6AhUjw-h48GR6O/s400/DSCN3386.JPG" width="356" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">PERS011.2 Obverse</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSMuLvLIYdJEVqpC7CdK3qcdxmloQ8znVehTjpJlKXYtqsPWbzxpvu1oci4lTVBczoaD2FtgSCYQ6TVYUimha1Vsq8mFHuhFj4ZvmCvxDxfFsnpSog1XAiFEEDT4mmmQfHHlp7ZcQ2PojA/s1600/DSCN3388.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSMuLvLIYdJEVqpC7CdK3qcdxmloQ8znVehTjpJlKXYtqsPWbzxpvu1oci4lTVBczoaD2FtgSCYQ6TVYUimha1Vsq8mFHuhFj4ZvmCvxDxfFsnpSog1XAiFEEDT4mmmQfHHlp7ZcQ2PojA/s400/DSCN3388.JPG" width="355" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">PERS011.2 Reverse</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig3iYMVPn0C84tnv5aTbPg5yxhMSLgHAlZv1Lf8JmmUzjdSolwQRZqOMgs1wVVD7ZLHdGo0iC6qAcsnVqq0bmdhG8fNrlu77n_r-1okpMbsgxCzOxzUmhSHk1TpbY7Oiubgvh94b4pCnbW/s1600/DSCN3389.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig3iYMVPn0C84tnv5aTbPg5yxhMSLgHAlZv1Lf8JmmUzjdSolwQRZqOMgs1wVVD7ZLHdGo0iC6qAcsnVqq0bmdhG8fNrlu77n_r-1okpMbsgxCzOxzUmhSHk1TpbY7Oiubgvh94b4pCnbW/s400/DSCN3389.JPG" width="338" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">PERS011.3
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju6fK0E2wZ8YhEyWYRG-g3zPhcYwJSMmquky0cKsQ3MOE5R5AWktvID_S_SM1w_NInDbLkO7AHp5BAOxcrCUqCHqEXQKTl5Jnrd0wKGoZxtVkMVUpBfixFiHdn5wrAjk272EFtVD_C1ITt/s1600/59+Batt+NCOs+23+11+18.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="257" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju6fK0E2wZ8YhEyWYRG-g3zPhcYwJSMmquky0cKsQ3MOE5R5AWktvID_S_SM1w_NInDbLkO7AHp5BAOxcrCUqCHqEXQKTl5Jnrd0wKGoZxtVkMVUpBfixFiHdn5wrAjk272EFtVD_C1ITt/s400/59+Batt+NCOs+23+11+18.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Center: L/Cpl L. T. McIntyre. From a group photo of 59 Battalion NCOs taken 23 November 1918. On his left is 3171 Sgt P. Little DCM MM. Picture from <i>Give Me Back My Dear Old Cobbers, </i>by Robin S. Corfield, Corfield and Company, Victoria 2008.</span><br />
</div>
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>ID Number</b> PERS011.1, .2 and .3</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Title</b> Identity Discs: Lance Corporal
Leslie Thomas McIntyre, 59 and 60 Battalions, AIF</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Maker </b>Unknown</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /><b>Object Type </b></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">Personal Equipment </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Place made </b>Unknown</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Date made </b>c 1916</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Physical </b>Aluminium</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Description</b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Description</b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Three round aluminium identity
discs, each with a hole punched out at the top for a neck thong. The reverse
of discs .1 and .2 have the Australian coat of arms embossed on them. The obverse of disc .1 is engraved ‘1693 L.T McIntyre 59<sup>th</sup> Batt A.I.F. M’.
Disc .2<i> </i>is similarly engraved,
however, the number 59<sup> </sup>has been voided and ‘60’ has been stamped over and next
to it. The obverse of disc .1<i> </i>is
engraved ‘From Les to Grace 1916’. Disc .3<i>
</i>is stamped ‘1693 L T MC INTYRE 60 AIF METH’. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Summary</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Leslie Thomas McIntyre was a 25
year old married potter from Brunswick,
Victoria when he enlisted in the
Australian Imperial Force (AIF) on 23 February 1916. 1693 Private McIntyre
embarked for overseas on board HMAT A17 <i>Port Lincoln</i> on 4 May 1916 with
the 2 Reinforcement of the 59 Battalion. </span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;">He was taken on strength of the 5
Division Details at Tel el Kebir, Egypt on 9 July 1916. On 2 August
embarked at Alexandria, Egypt
and subsequently disembarked on 8 August at Marseilles,
France.
McIntyre marched into the 15 Training Battalion, Lark Hill, England
on 21 August 1916. After a period of training there, he proceeded overseas to France on 11
November. The next day he marched into 5 Australian Division Base Details,
Etaples, France. On 2 December 1916 Private
McIntyre was taken on strength of the 60 Battalion.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">After spending an entire year
with his battalion he was sent to hospital sick between 1 and 12 December 1917.
After rejoining his unit McIntyre was again sent to hospital sick on 26
December. On 20 January 1918 he embarked for England
and was admitted to 1 Western Hospital, Liverpool
with pneumonia. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">On 24 May 1918 Private McIntyre
began a course of instruction at the 5 Division Signal School (14 Training
Battalion). On 22 August he proceeded overseas to France
and arrived at the 5 Australian Division Base Details, Etaples, on 23 August. He rejoined the 60 Battalion on 27 August. McIntyre was appointed Lance Corporal on
16 September 1918. Nine days later, as part of the restructuring of the AIF, he
was transferred to the 59 Battalion.</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Lance Corporal McIntyre returned to Australia on 10
June 1919 and disembarked at 3 Military District on 5 August 1919. He was discharged
on 19 September 1919.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">The campaigns that Lance Corporal McIntyre took part in include: </span></span><br />
<br />
<h2 style="font-weight: normal;">
Second Battle of Bullecourt: 03 May 1917 - 17 May 1917</h2>
<h2 style="font-weight: normal;">
Ypres 1917: 31 July 1917 - 10 November 1917</h2>
<h2 style="font-weight: normal;">
Menin Road: 20 September 1917 - 25 September 1917</h2>
<h2 style="font-weight: normal;">
Polygon Wood: 26 September 1917 - 03 October 1917</h2>
<h2 style="font-weight: normal;">
Poelcappelle: 09 October 1917 - 09 October 1917</h2>
<h2 style="font-weight: normal;">
Passchendaele: 12 October 1917 - 12 October 1917</h2>
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<h2 style="font-weight: normal;">
Mont St Quentin: 31 August 1918 - 03 September 1918</h2>
<h2 style="font-weight: normal;">
Hindenburg Line: 12 September 1918 - 09 October 1918 </h2>
<h2 style="font-weight: normal;">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://www.awm.gov.au/units/unit_11247.asp" target="_blank">For more information on the 60th Battalion, click here</a>. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://www.awm.gov.au/units/unit_11246.asp" target="_blank">For more information on the 59th Battalion, click here.</a> </span></span></div>
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<br />AIF Online Museumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09823952204827887903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1343428313782380779.post-10166146971673805472012-03-06T22:07:00.000-08:002012-03-06T22:07:46.833-08:00Colour Patch Sweetheart Brooch: 11 Battalion AIF<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>ID Number</b><span> </span>PERS010</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Title</b><span> </span>Colour Patch Sweetheart Brooch:
11 Battalion AIF</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Maker<span> </span></b>Unknown</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /><b>Object Type<span> </span></b></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">Badge</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Place made<span> </span></b>Unknown</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Date made<span> </span></b>c 1914-1919</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Physical <span> </span></b>Brass; Enamel</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Description</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Description</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Rectangular sweetheart brooch depicting a 11 Battalion
colour patch of brown over blue. A fastening pin and hook is attached to the
back.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Summary</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This badge is an example of
commercially produced 'sweetheart' jewellery from the First World War. Often
worn by female relatives and/or a girlfriend or wife, these brooches were a
symbol of pride, support and affection for a loved one serving in the AIF. They
could be purchased by the women themselves or given as a gift by the serviceman
concerned. The history of this particular sweetheart brooch is not known.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.awm.gov.au/units/unit_11198.asp" target="_blank">For more information on the 11th Battalion, click here.</a> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://cas.awm.gov.au/item/REL29120" target="_blank">To see a similar sweetheart brooch in the AWM collection, click here. </a> </span></div>
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<br />AIF Online Museumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09823952204827887903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1343428313782380779.post-73587772948474387962012-03-04T05:06:00.001-08:002012-03-06T22:08:13.251-08:00Rising Sun Collar Badge: Sand Cast<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>ID Number</b> PERS009</span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Title</b> Rising Sun Collar Badge</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Maker </b>Unknown</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /><b>Object Type </b></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">Badge</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Place made </b>North Africa: Egypt</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Date made </b>c 1915</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Physical </b>Bronze</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Description</b></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Description</b></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Sand cast bronze AIF Rising Sun collar
badge with a pair of lug fittings on the reverse. The badge appears to have
been cast from an original AIF badge, and was probably made in Egypt as a
replacement to a lost or missing collar or peaked cap badge.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://cas.awm.gov.au/item/REL35089" target="_blank">To see a similar sand cast badge in the AWM collection, click here.</a> </span></div>
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<br />AIF Online Museumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09823952204827887903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1343428313782380779.post-66397257810423148572012-03-01T06:48:00.000-08:002012-03-05T06:21:13.145-08:00Improvised Identity Disc: Trooper Archibald Ross, 9 Light Horse Regiment, AIF<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>ID Number</b> PERS008</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Title</b> Improvised Identity Disc: Trooper
Archibald Ross, 9 Light Horse Regiment, AIF</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Maker </b>Unknown</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /><b>Object Type </b></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">Personal Equipment </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Place made </b>Unknown</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Date made </b>c 1918-1919</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Physical </b>Copper</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Description</b></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Description</b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;">An Australian First World War
improvised identity disc made from a halfpenny. A small hole has been drilled
through the top of the coin and a brass ring has been attached for it to be
worn as an identity disc around the neck of the wearer. The reverse of the disk
has been ground down and is engraved ‘No. 2319 A. ROSS 9<sup>th</sup> A.L.H.
REGT P EGYPT 1916-17 PALESTINE 1918-19’. The
obverse has the profile image of King George V’s head.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Summary</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Archibald Ross was a 24 year old
farmer from Golden Grove, South Australia when he enlisted in the
Australian Imperial Force (AIF) on 18 January 1916. 2319 Trooper Ross embarked
for overseas on board HMAT A41 <i>Bakara</i> on 28 April 1916 with the 16 Reinforcement
of the 9 Light Horse Regiment. </span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;">On 1 June 1916 Ross was taken on
strength of the 3 Light Horse Training Regiment, Tel-el-Kebir, Egypt.
He was subsequently taken on strength of the Headquarters ANZAC Mounted
Division on 10 July 1916. On 20 August Trooper Ross was admitted to 31 General
Hospital, suffering from diphtheria (mild), returning to duty on 24 September
1916. Ross was appointed Driver on 3 August 1917.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;">On 14 July 1919 Driver Ross embarked
at Alexandria for the UK under the 10 Percent leave scheme.
The leave lasted from 1 August to 2 September 1919. On 25 September he embarked
at Devonport for return to Australia
and disembarked at Melbourne
on 13 November 1919. On 4 December 1919 he was discharged in 4 Military
District (SA).</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.awm.gov.au/units/unit_10565.asp" target="_blank">For more information on the 9th Light Horse Regiment, click here.</a> </span></div>
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<br />AIF Online Museumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09823952204827887903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1343428313782380779.post-88756829186057305462012-02-29T08:14:00.000-08:002012-02-29T08:19:06.336-08:00Returned From Active Service Badge: Private Arthur Edward Heywood, 39 Battalion, AIF<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7B-nPaOQjyEfYN56VJBbaMLLj3CIbQJCPCd7MxDcpbkyuCxWzhuPI597P0JeFl4x702OY5zYpFudxmDtG9I5FIjx2oTWkZrhBtxVLMICZ6ReRUpjnec71NwzGFjSdVMb0n0TTzIHVlF2A/s1600/DSCN3337.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7B-nPaOQjyEfYN56VJBbaMLLj3CIbQJCPCd7MxDcpbkyuCxWzhuPI597P0JeFl4x702OY5zYpFudxmDtG9I5FIjx2oTWkZrhBtxVLMICZ6ReRUpjnec71NwzGFjSdVMb0n0TTzIHVlF2A/s400/DSCN3337.JPG" width="316" /></a></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>ID Number</b> PERS007</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Title</b> Returned From Active Service Badge: Private
Arthur Edward Heywood, 39 Battalion, AIF </span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Maker </b>Stokes and Sons </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /><b>Object Type </b></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">Badge </span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Place made </b>Australia: Victoria, Melbourne</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Date made </b>c 1918-1919</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Physical </b>Brass</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Description</b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Description</b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;">A circular brass badge surmounted
by a King's Crown. Around the outside of the badge in raised lettering is
'ISSUED BY DEPT. OF DEFENCE RETURNED FROM ACTIVE SERVICE'. In the center of the
badge is the rising sun under which is 'A.I.F.' in raised letters. On the
reverse of the badge are two brass lugs, both of which have been twisted to
accommodate a fastening pin placed horizontally. Beneath the lugs is impressed
the badge number '219247'. Stamped under the badge number are the maker's
details 'STOKES & SONS MELB'. Above the lugs has been marked ‘A E HEYWOOD’.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Summary</b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Arthur Edward Heywood was a 25
year old farm labourer from Narrung,
Victoria, when he enlisted in the
Australian Imperial Force (AIF) on 26 January 1917. Arthur had previously
attempted to join the AIF; however, he was rejected on the grounds of being
unfit due to having a hernia. 3172 Private Heywood embarked for overseas from Melbourne, Victoria,
on board HMAT A70 <i>Ballarat</i> on 19 February 1917 with the 7 Reinforcements
of the 39 Battalion.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;">He disembarked at Devonport, England
on 25 April 1917 and the next day marched into 10<sup> </sup>Training Battalion,
Durrington. On 17 August 1917 Private Heywood was sentenced 4 days Field
Punishment Number 2 with a forfeiture of 28 days pay, for conduct to the
prejudice of good order and discipline in that he neglected to put on his web
equipment when he was ordered to do so. Heywood proceeded overseas to France via Southampton
20 August 1917 and the next day he marched into 3 Australian Division Base
Details, Rouelles, France. He was there until 29 August 1917. Private Heywood was taken
on strength of the 39 Battalion on 1 September 1917.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;">On 12 March 1918 Private Heywood
was accidentally wounded, suffering serve phosphorous burns to face, hands, neck
and left arm. He was admitted to both the
10 Field Ambulance and also the New
Zealand Stationary Hospital, Wisques on the day of the
wounding. On 31 March 1918 he was sent to 2 Australian General Hospital, Boulogne. Heywood was
invalided to the UK and
admitted to the Fulham Military Hospital,
Hammersmith, London,
on 8 April 1918. On 24 April 1918 he was admitted to 1 Australian Auxiliary
Hospital, Harefield. He was granted furlough from 30 May to 13 June 1918. At the conclusion of his furlough Heywood reported
to 2 Command Depot, Weymouth.
He returned to Australia 6
August 1918 due to his injuries, disembarking in Melbourne on 28 September 1918. Private
Heywood was discharged 18 September 1919. Arthur Heywood died on 15 July 1945.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Private Heywood took part in the
battles of Broodseinde on 4 October, and Passchendaele on 12 October 1917.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.awm.gov.au/units/unit_11226.asp" target="_blank">For more information on the 39th Battalion, click here.</a> </span></div>
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<br />AIF Online Museumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09823952204827887903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1343428313782380779.post-127860365399401182012-02-28T07:35:00.001-08:002012-02-29T08:16:45.827-08:00Identity Disc: Private William James Dobson, 51 Battalion, AIF<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyizQhjKk8ag13zDuXG-jI8OFd8MncCfC_NmGrgsWrY5fxZq7oVamzJv39YBwcl38Pb5DScGQwSizboNkWPWDLq-CPDi_b4UEyRZqHOzHXCAyaOMOY65lIB40NMhza1UNUPUoAs_En0heS/s1600/DSCN3333.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="368" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyizQhjKk8ag13zDuXG-jI8OFd8MncCfC_NmGrgsWrY5fxZq7oVamzJv39YBwcl38Pb5DScGQwSizboNkWPWDLq-CPDi_b4UEyRZqHOzHXCAyaOMOY65lIB40NMhza1UNUPUoAs_En0heS/s400/DSCN3333.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>ID Number</b> PERS006</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Title</b> Identity Disc: Private William
James Dobson, 51 Battalion, AIF</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Maker </b>Unknown</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /><b>Object Type </b></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">Personal Equipment </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Place made </b>Unknown</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Date made </b>c 1918</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Physical </b>Compressed Fibre</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Description</b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Description</b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Hexagonal shaped pressed fibre ‘Disc,
Identity, No 1, green’ with two 4 mm mounting holes on either end. Attached to
each hole is a short piece of string, possibly in order to utilize the disc as
an identity bracelet. Handwritten on one side of the disc is ‘7421 W. DOBSON 51
BATTN C of E’. The other side has ‘7421 W. DOBSON 51 BATTN C - E’ etched under handwriting.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Summary</b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;">William James Dobson was a 25
year old farmer from Perth,
Western Australia when he
enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) on 3 October 1917. He was born at
Hunslow near London, England and had previously
attempted to join the AIF, however, was rejected on the grounds of being unfit.
7421 Private Dobson embarked for overseas on board RMS <i>Ormonde</i> on </span><nobr><span style="font-size: large;">13
March 1918</span></nobr><span style="font-size: large;"> with the 22 Reinforcement of the 28 Battalion. </span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Dobson disembarked at Southampton, England on 15 May 1918. The next
day he was attached to the 5<sup> </sup>Training Battalion at Forvant. On 4
June 1918 he was transferred to the 51 Battalion Details (12 Training
Battalion) at Codford. Private Dobson proceeded overseas to France on 15
August 1918 and 5 days later was taken on strength of the 51 Battalion in the
field.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;">On 19 March 1919 Dobson was transferred
from the 51 Battalion to AIF Headquarters and on that date he undertook 3
months of non-military employment in Middlesex to gain general farming
experience. Dobson was discharged from the AIF on 10 July 1919 in London to take up
residence in Middlesex.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.awm.gov.au/units/unit_11238.asp" target="_blank">For more information on the 51st Battalion, click here.</a> </span></div>
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<br />AIF Online Museumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09823952204827887903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1343428313782380779.post-5088046036351503872012-02-27T22:50:00.000-08:002012-02-29T08:17:35.388-08:00Identity Bracelet: Driver Walter Wilson Young, 3 Division Supply Column, AIF<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-HDi7pOMjIS2AUn4dQRaAhmPYFCfB3EuFlu3sKdNLe_U_UajPkg8s7rBqHcQGy-5bkSpZziXBVo7_EtVkwzWPNt1xZg6aUvN4vcxX_vsSOHhM_WyGoZgJXJoQiBCruYF_a3u03H8ywnLN/s1600/DSCN3328.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-HDi7pOMjIS2AUn4dQRaAhmPYFCfB3EuFlu3sKdNLe_U_UajPkg8s7rBqHcQGy-5bkSpZziXBVo7_EtVkwzWPNt1xZg6aUvN4vcxX_vsSOHhM_WyGoZgJXJoQiBCruYF_a3u03H8ywnLN/s640/DSCN3328.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>ID Number</b> PERS005</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Title</b> Identity Bracelet: Driver Walter
Wilson Young, 3 Division Supply Column, AIF</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Maker </b>Unknown</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /><b>Object Type </b></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">Personal Equipment </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Place made </b>Unknown</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Date made </b>c 1916-1917</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Physical </b>Aluminium; steel</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Description</b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Description</b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Aluminium identity disc attached to a small (bracelet sized)
steel chain. The disc is oval-shaped and impressed on the obverse with ‘DVR. W.
W. YOUNG PRES 12832 A.A.S.C. 3. D.S.C. A.I.F.’</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Summary</b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Walter Wilson Young was a 37 year
old motor driver from Adelaide,
South Australia when he enlisted
in the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) on 28 July 1915. He was originally from Edinburgh, Scotland
and had previously served 2 years in the 9 Royal Scots Highlanders. 12832
Driver Young embarked for overseas on board HMAT A29 <i>Suevic</i> on 31 May
1916 with B Section of the 11 Field Ambulance. He arrived at Devonport, England
on 21 June 1916.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;">On 25 November 1916 he proceeded
from Southampton, England
to France.
Driver Young transferred to 3 Division Supply Column on 23 December 1916.
However, he remained attached for duty with the 11 Field Ambulance. On 12 March
1918 Driver Young was taken on strength of the 3 Australian Motor Transport
Company from 3 Division Supply Column.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Driver Young
joined the 5 Australian Motor Transport Company on 1 May 1919. On 5 September
1919 he married Ms. Isabella Lunn at the Parish
Church at Corstorphine (near Edinburgh). On 11 October
1919 proceeded from the U.K. Demob Depot on indefinite leave. Driver Young returned
to Australia on 27 March
1920 with his wife, arriving in Adelaide
on 10 May 1920. He was discharged on 10 July 1920.</span></div>
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<br />AIF Online Museumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09823952204827887903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1343428313782380779.post-33094958804952959632012-02-26T06:46:00.000-08:002012-02-28T07:10:41.732-08:00Identity Discs: Sergeant Robert Allen Johnson, 44 Battalion, AIF<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6kNQXgYE2jZ8vs-75CucEPVbIC_5RnAjcTOVw89naLSCQBRj77XOiBP8YjRPB6gXl9D3BxU84a0AhjQKH0kjG328GbdCRUCaPHGPEUVGquZ1nYwfEjWU_44DHrTbTClB85k0d0ByLswxf/s1600/DSCN3323.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="395" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6kNQXgYE2jZ8vs-75CucEPVbIC_5RnAjcTOVw89naLSCQBRj77XOiBP8YjRPB6gXl9D3BxU84a0AhjQKH0kjG328GbdCRUCaPHGPEUVGquZ1nYwfEjWU_44DHrTbTClB85k0d0ByLswxf/s400/DSCN3323.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>ID Number</b> PERS004</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Title</b> Identity Discs: Sergeant Robert
Allen Johnson, 44 Battalion, AIF</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Maker </b>Unknown</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /><b>Object Type </b></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">Personal Equipment </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Place made </b>Unknown</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Date made </b>c 1917</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Physical </b>Compressed fibre; aluminium</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Description</b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Description</b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;">A pair of identity discs joined
by a length of string knotted at the top end. One disc is a issue circular compressed
fibre ‘Disc, Identity, No 2, red’ and the other is a circular aluminium
improvised identity disc. The fibre disc is impressed 'CE 1848 CPL. R.<span style="text-transform: uppercase;">A. Johnson 44 BN. A.I.F</span>'. The aluminium
disc is impressed '1848 R.A. JOHNSON 44 BN. A.F CE'.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Summary</b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Robert Allen Johnson was a 44
year old married labourer from Blackboy
Hill, Western Australia
when he enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) on 1 May 1916. 1848
Private Johnson embarked for overseas on board HMAT A28 <i>Miltiades</i> on 9
August 1916 with the 2 Reinforcement of the 44 Battalion. He arrived at Plymouth, England
on 25 September 1916.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;">On 1 October 1916 Private Johnson
marched into 11 Training Battalion, Codford. On 11 December he was admitted to the
Fargo Military Hospital
for observation. Six days later, he was detailed for home service due to
age and <i><span style="font-style: normal;">Subacromial
bursitis</span></i>. On 24 January 1917 Private Johnson was placed on the permanent
cadre of 11 Training Battalion and promoted to substantive Corporal and temporary
Sergeant, which was backdated to 1 January 1917. Between 19 and 24 March 1917,
Sergeant Johnson was admitted to Fargo
Military Hospital
with Pleurisy. On 26 September 1917 he returned to Australia due to illness. He was subsequently
discharged due to chronic bronchitis on 12 May 1918. Sergeant Johnson’s only
medal entitlement was the British War Medal.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.awm.gov.au/units/unit_11231.asp" target="_blank">For more information on the 44th Battalion, click here.</a> </span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.westernfrontassociation.com/great-war-on-land/73-weapons-equipment-uniforms/1033-identifying-dead-short-study-identification-tags-1914-1918.html" target="_blank">For David O'Mara's excellent article, Identifying the Dead: a Short Study of the Identification Tags of 1914-1918, click here. </a> </span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://pathsofglory.co.uk/identity_discs.htm" target="_blank">For another good website on Great War identity discs, click here.</a> </span></div>
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<br />AIF Online Museumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09823952204827887903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1343428313782380779.post-35325834991454557832012-02-23T05:48:00.001-08:002012-02-28T07:10:31.388-08:00Identity Disc: Private William McLaughlan, 46 Battalion, AIF<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>ID Number</b> PERS003</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Title</b> Identity Disc: Private William
McLaughlan, 46 Battalion, AIF</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Maker </b>Unknown</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /><b>Object Type </b></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">Personal Equipment </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Place made </b>Unknown</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Date made </b>c 1916-1917</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Physical </b>Compressed Fibre</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Description </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Description</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Circular identity disc made from
compressed fibre with a hole through which is threaded a leather necklace. It
is impressed on the obverse with ‘3075 Mc.LAUGHLAN. W. 46. BATT. A.I.F. C.E.’</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Summary</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">William McLaughlan was a 21 year
old boot finisher from North Fitzroy, Victoria
when he enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) on 15 July 1915. He was 5
ft 2 and a half inches tall and had previously been denied enlistment due to
his height. 3075 Private McLaughlan embarked for overseas on board HMAT A17 <i>Port Lincoln</i> on 18 October 1915 with the 10<sup> </sup>Reinforcements of 14
Battalion. He joined his battalion on 19 January 1916, at Ismailia, Egypt.
He was transferred to the 46 Battalion on 3 March 1916. Along with the 46 Battalion, he arrived in France
on 8 June 1916. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Private McLaughlan was admitted to hospital sick
on 15 November 1916 and was then sent to the 21 Casualty Clearing Station suffering
with trench foot a day later. After rejoining his unit, he was again sent to
hospital, this time suffering influenza 17 January 1917. He returned to his unit
on 3 February 1917. He was sent to hospital once more on 25 March 1917 and
rejoined his battalion on 14 April 1917. Between the 5 and 10 June 1917 he was
detached for duty at 12 Brigade H.Q. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">On 4 September 1917 a Field
General Court Martial sentenced Private McLaughlan to 10 years 28 days penal servitude for
desertion, having been absent from his unit from 7 August to 16 August 1917, when he surrendered to M.Ps. His
sentence was commuted to 2 years on 4 October 1917. After almost a year in prison, on 13 September 1918, the unexpired
portion of his sentence was suspended and he was discharged to duty. He
rejoined his unit on 17 September 1918. On 26 February 1919 the remainder of his sentence
was remitted. He returned to Australia
on 2 June 1919. He was discharged from the AIF on 10 September 1919.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.awm.gov.au/units/unit_11233.asp" target="_blank">For more information on the 46th Battalion, click here.</a> </span></div>
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<br />AIF Online Museumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09823952204827887903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1343428313782380779.post-20929244257123998792012-02-22T18:09:00.000-08:002012-03-08T06:28:05.303-08:00Returned From Active Service Badge: Private Charles Samuel Michie, 5 Battalion, AIF<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>ID Number</b> PERS002</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Title</b> Returned From Active Service Badge: Private
Charles Samuel Michie, 5 Battalion, AIF </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Maker </b>Amor </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /><b>Object Type </b>
</span><span style="font-size: large;">Badge </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Place made </b>Australia:
New South Wales, Sydney</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Date made </b>c 1916</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Physical </b>Brass</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A circular brass badge surmounted
by a King's Crown. Around the outside of the badge in raised lettering is
'ISSUED BY DEPT. OF DEFENCE RETURNED FROM ACTIVE SERVICE'. In the center of the
badge is the rising sun under which is 'A.I.F.' in raised letters. On the
reverse of the badge are two brass lugs. Beneath the lugs is impressed the
badge number '17392'. Stamped under the badge number are the maker's details 'AMOR
SYDNEY'.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Summary</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Charles Samuel Michie was a 21
year old bookbinder’s finisher from Fitzroy Melbourne, with 2 years part-time
service in the Victoria Rifles, when he enlisted in the Australian Imperial
Force (AIF) on 17 August 1914. 696 Private Michie embarked for overseas from Melbourne, Victoria,
on board Transport A3 <i>Orvieto</i> on 21 October 1914 with D Company of 5 Battalion.
He took part in the landing on the Gallipoli peninsula
on 25 April 1915. He was wounded with a
gun shot wound to the head on 9 May 1915 during the second battle of Krithia.
He was evacuated from Gallipoli and was admitted to St. Andrews Military Hospital, Malta
on 13 May 1915. On 2 February 1916 he reported that he had become blind in his
right eye. He was transferred to the 3 Australian General Hospital Cairo on 27 March 1916. On
11 May 1916 he was returned to Australia due to his wounds and defective
vision. He was discharged as medically unfit on 6 December 1916. His returned
from active service badge #17392 was issued on 24 November 1916.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> <a href="http://www.awm.gov.au/units/unit_11192.asp" target="_blank">For more information on the 5th Battalion, click here.</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Samuel’s older brother, 621
Corporal George Michie served with 14 Battalion on Gallipoli and was wounded in
action on 6 May 1915. After evacuation to Egypt
he returned to Gallipoli on 20 May and was wounded a second time on 26 May,
again being evacuated to Egypt.
After developing Rheumatic fever he was sent to England in September. Following
recovery, he was sent back to Egypt
to join his unit in March 1916. He was subsequently diagnosed with cardiac
disease on 2 May 1916. As a consequence of this he left Egypt to return to Australia on 10 June 1916. He was
discharged medically unfit on 24 August 1916.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.awm.gov.au/units/unit_11201.asp" target="_blank">For more information on the 14th Battalion, click here.</a> </span></div>
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<span id="goog_1440046697"></span><span id="goog_1440046698"></span>AIF Online Museumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09823952204827887903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1343428313782380779.post-16494051166103927112012-02-22T06:52:00.000-08:002012-02-23T05:55:28.467-08:00Improvised Identity Disc: Private George Macleod, 47 Battalion, AIF<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>ID Number</b> PERS001</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Title</b> Improvised Identity Disc:
Private George Macleod, 47 Battalion, AIF</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Maker </b>Unknown</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /><b>Object Type </b>
</span><span style="font-size: large;">Personal Equipment </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Place made </b>Unknown</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Date made </b>c 1916-1917</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Physical </b>Copper</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Description</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Description</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">An Australian First World War
improvised identity disc made from a halfpenny. A small hole has been drilled
through the top of the coin for it to be worn as an identity disc around the
neck of the wearer. The reverse of the disk has been ground down and is stamped
‘2008 G. MACLEOD. 47 BATT. A.I.F M’. The obverse has the profile image of King
Edward VII’s head upon has been finely engraved ‘KILLED IN ACTION AT MESSINES
JUNE 7<sup>TH</sup> 1917’.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Summary</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">George McLeod (also spelt
MacLeod) was a 27 year old miner from North Queensland
when he enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) on 21 February 1916. 2008 Private McLeod
embarked for overseas on board HMAT A46 <i>Clan Macgillivray</i> on 1 May 1916
with the 3 Reinforcement of the 47 Battalion. After a period of training with the
12 Training Battalion, England
and the 4<sup> </sup>Australian Division Base Details, Etaples, France,
he joined the 47 Battalion in the field on 3 October 1916. He accidentally
injured his ankle on 1 January 1917 and was sent to the 8 Field Ambulance.
After attending two hospitals and the 1 Convalescent Depot he rejoined the 47
Battalion on 18 February 1917.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Private McLeod was killed in action on 8
June 1917 during the Battle of Messines. Initially he was registered as being buried west of Messines at
reference S.S. P.1072. However, due to the continued fighting in the area, the
grave site was lost and he is listed as having no known grave and is
commemorated at The Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Panel 27), Belgium. This
disc was sent, as part of his personal effects, to his father George McLeod
Senior in 1918.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.awm.gov.au/units/unit_11234.asp" target="_blank">For information on the 47th Battalion, click here.</a> </span></div>
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