The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Leather money belt decorated with French and Egyptian coins, British, French, New Zealand, Australian and German badges and buttons, a shrapnel ball and pieces of shell splinter, the driving band from a shell and a small fork.
This money belt was decorated by 8665 Driver Arthur Charles Carter. A 23 year old labourer from the Indigo valley area near Chiltern, Vic, he enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on 19 October 1915. He joined 6 Field Artillery Brigade and sailed with the 1st Reinforcements aboard HMAT Persic on 22 November 1915. Carter was attached to 18 Battery, serving for a few months in Egypt and then, from March 1916, on the Western Front. His time there included service on the Somme, at Pozieres, Bois Grenier, Ploegsteert and Ypres. On the last day of 1916 was admitted to hospital in France and was sent to England three weeks later suffering 'nervous shock'. After six months in an English hospital he boarded a ship for Australia, sailing on 22 July 1917. He was discharged on 29 October as medically unfit, diagnosed with shell shock.
Cotton webbing haversack in the Australian 1915 pattern. The rectangular bag is constructed with a gusset and front flap. The flap is secured by two pale leather straps and metal buckles. An adjustabl
Unofficial oval identity disc stamped 'DVR.A.C.CARTER 8665 18. BTY.6.F.A.B. 2.DIV. A.I.F.' The disc is attached with wire to a piece paper backed by a section of a racing ticket. Written in pencil on
Pair of rectangular colour patches of 6 Field Artillery Brigade, AIF, divided diagonally into quarters. The upper and lower quarters are dark blue. The left and right quarters are red. The patches are
Studio portrait of 8865 Driver Arthur Charles Carter, 18th Battery, 6th Field Artillery Brigade. A labourer of Indigo via Chiltern, Vic, he enlisted on 19 October 1915 and sailed with the 1st Reinforc
Brass trench art letter opener in the form of a small dagger. The handle is engraved on one side with the words '18TH A.F.A.' and the blade with 'Belgium Ploegsteert Ypres'. On the other side the hand
Brass trench art letter opener in the form of a small dagger. It is engraved by hand on one side with the words 'Souvenir Somme Battle 1916'. This letter opener was made from remnants of a shell by
Unofficial oval identity disc stamped 'DVR.A.C.CARTER 8665 18. BTY.6.F.A.B. 2.DIV. A.I.F.' The disc is attached with wire to a piece paper backed by a section of a racing ticket. Written in pencil on
Brass trench art letter opener in the form of a small dagger. It is engraved by hand on one side with the words 'Souvenir Somme Battle 1916'. This letter opener was made from remnants of a shell by
Brass trench art letter opener in the form of a small dagger. The handle is engraved on one side with the words '18TH A.F.A.' and the blade with 'Belgium Ploegsteert Ypres'. On the other side the hand
Pair of rectangular colour patches of 6 Field Artillery Brigade, AIF, divided diagonally into quarters. The upper and lower quarters are dark blue. The left and right quarters are red. The patches are
Cotton webbing haversack in the Australian 1915 pattern. The rectangular bag is constructed with a gusset and front flap. The flap is secured by two pale leather straps and metal buckles. An adjustabl
Studio portrait of 8865 Driver Arthur Charles Carter, 18th Battery, 6th Field Artillery Brigade. A labourer of Indigo via Chiltern, Vic, he enlisted on 19 October 1915 and sailed with the 1st Reinforc
