The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Brass and copper bugle engraved with locations in Australia, Ceylon, Egypt, Gallipoli and France. A removable nickel-plated mouthpiece is retained by a length of brass chain. There are brass rings attached to the bell and the lower body. Hand engraved on the top of the bugle, towards the bell, is the following: 'SYDNEY COLOMBO EGYPT SUEZ CANAL TEL-EL-KEBIR ISMAILIA No1 A.G.H. HELIOPOLIS CAIRO GALLIPOLI ANZAC COVE QUINNS-POST HILL 971 AUGUST 1915'. A representation of the Rising Sun badge is shown above the words, 'FRANCE 1916'. On the side of the bugle are the names, 'GIZA LEMNOS ALEXANDRIA HELOUAN' and, 'MARSEILLES'. All of the engraved text is contained in decorative ribbons. There are faint maker's markings stamped into the bell of the bugle, and the letters 'ANZAC' are picked out in a series of dots around the bell.
Bugle engraved with locations visited by an unknown member of 1 Australian General Hospital in Australia, Ceylon, Egypt, Gallipoli and France. It is possible that the instrument was an item presented to the unit before embarkation. At the end of the Second World War the bugle was given to VX115765 Corporal Neil Richard Webb, battalion bugler of 8 Infantry Battalion (AIF), who restored it from its damaged and tarnished state. Mr Webb played the bugle regularly at Anzac and Remembrance Day services, and funerals in Victoria and the Northern Territory for many years. In 2003, noticing that the engraving was becoming faint, and concerned that the historic significance of the bugle would be lost, he replaced it with a more modern example.
Standard B flat military bugle of soldered construction, with brass body and tubes and brass bell with nickle plated reinforcing band. There are a pair of suspension loops and plates soldered to the b
Standard issue copper and brass military bugle which has subsequently been chrome plated, possibly in the 1950s. The bugle is impressed near the bell with the manufacturer's details 'HAWKES & SON (bro
Standard military bugle of soldered construction, made with copper tubing body and brass bell, joiners, mouth tube, rear tube facing, retaining chain plate and chain. The mouthpiece is nickle-plated b
Silver-plated, 'Class A Victor', bugle. The mouthpiece is a No.1 manufactured by 'POTTER LONDON'. The bugle is engraved on the top surface 'SUBSCRIBED BY MEMBERS OF 'C' COMPANY 13TH INFANTRY A.I.E.F.
Standard B flat military bugle of soldered construction, with copper body and tubes, brass bell, joining section, rear sleeve, chain loop plate and mouthpiece extension tube. The mouthpiece is missing
Standard copper and brass bugle. The bell is punch engraved '6568 BUGLER H.C. PIX. 21/10 [21st Reinforcements/10 Battalion] BATTALION AIF'. Manufacturer's details and broad arrow symbol inside a 'D' a
