The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Cream silk handkerchief embroidered with twisted mercerised cotton embroidery thread. The scalloped edge of the handkerchief is finished with pink buttonhole stitch. There are four cranes in the centre, in white, black and red, each in an identical pose with outstretched wings. Around them is a wreath of large and small white and pink flowers with green and white leaves.
This souvenir handkerchief was sent home to Australia to his wife, Phoebe, by Edward Duncan Hood before he was killed in action at Flers, on the Somme in France, on 25 October 1916. Hood was born at Carrum, Victoria, in 1891, and was working as a labourer at Mannerim, near Queenscliff, before joining the AIF. A married man with three young children, he nevertheless enlisted in January 1916, becoming Private 2661, a member of the 5th Reinforcements to 29 Infantry Battalion. He sailed from Australia in April 1916 and joined his unit in France in August of the same year. Only two months later he was killed, probably by shellfire near the ruined town of Gueudecourt, during the preparation for an attack by the 5th Australian Division on the enemy trench system in front of le Transloy. Edward Hood is buried at Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, about 4 kilometres south west of the area where he was killed.
Cream silk handkerchief embroidered with two ply pearl cotton embroidery thread. The scalloped edge of the handkerchief is finished with cream buttonhole stitch. The centre of the handkerchief has a c
Light blue polished cotton handkerchief with a machine applied braid and fringe edge in the same colour. In the centre, edged with the same blue braid and fringe, is a khaki polished cotton diamond sh
Cream cotton crepe handkerchief. The square central panel is embroidered in silk floss with three pansies in purple, cream and green, with 'Remember me' , in red, beneath them. The panel is edged with
Victory Medal. Impressed around edge with recipient's details. Medals posthumously received by the family of Edward Duncan Hood, who was killed in action at Flers, on the Somme in France, on 25 Octo
Single round aluminium identity disc with stamped out hole for suspension. The front of the disc is impressed 'E.D. HOOD/ 2661/ D/ 29AI/ A I F/ PRESB'. Identity disc belonging to Edward Duncan Hood,
British War Medal 1914-20. Impressed around edge with recipient's details. Medals posthumously received by the family of Edward Duncan Hood, who was killed in action at Flers, on the Somme in France
