The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Black canvas kitbag with brass eyelets around the mouth threaded through with cotton rope for closure. Written on the body of the kitbag in white paint is '487 SGT PERRFY B.H. ' 14TH BATT. AUST. INF. FORCE / "ELOPE." PARTY. / NTH RUSSIAN EXRY. FORCE.' Written on the base of the bag in white paint is '481 / SGT PERRY. B. / 14TH. A.I.F.' The bag is pulled closed by a white rope drawstring.
Kit bag carried by 487 Sergeant Bertram Harold Perry from his enlistment on 19 September 1914 throughout the war until his return to Australia on 19 August 1919. Born in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, England, but a resident of Horsham, Victoria, Perry was 21 years and 7 months old when he enlisted in the 14th Battalion. He saw service at Gallipoli and on the Western Front before joining Elope Force as an advisor and being sent to Russia.
He was awarded the Military Medal for action at Messines in June 1917 during a patrol action. For his memories of his time with 'Elope' Force, see 3DRL/7709. Perry was one of nine Australians in this British Force - the others were Captain Richard Tarrant; Captain Paul Lohan; Captain A Brown; Sergeant Robert Graham; Sergeants John Robert Kelly; A F Von Duve; and C J Hickey.
German Model 1911 field grey zeltbahn, approximately square in shape, fitted with a series of eight buttonholes reinforced with yellow thread and eight grey painted dropped-centre steel buttons down e
Collection relating to the First World War and North Russia Intervention service of Sergeant Bertram Harold Perry MM, 14 Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps and North Russia Relief Force, Russia, 1918-1
Cylindrical olive green canvas kitbag with rope attached. The bag has a drawstring opening with eight brass eyelets and an internal flap used to secure the contents when the bag is drawn shut. Written
Brown canvas AIF embarkation kitbag. The round base of the bag is reinforced with a second layer of canvas, and is stencilled in white paint; 'NX111315 BRUCE. J. M'. The side of the bag is stencilled
Collection relating to the First World War and North Russia Intervention service of Sergeant Bertram Harold Perry MM, 14 Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps and North Russia Relief Force, Russia, 1918-1
Brown lightweight canvas kitbag, with 8 brass eyelets around the opening, and an internal flap. The flap was used to secure the contents when the bag was drawn shut. At the base is a canvas loop used
Black canvas kitbag with brass eyelets around the mouth threaded through with cotton rope for closure. One side of the bag is painted in white 'CPL. J. MAHER. A. COY. 37. BTN. A.I.F.' . Beneath is a b
Black lightweight canvas kit bag with ten metal eyelets around the opening. A thin piece of rope is threaded through these to serve as a draw string. Written along the length of the bag in light brown
