The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Rectangular gold painted tin with hinged lid. The lid is printed in black with the Australian coat of arms with the dates '1915' and '1916' on either side. Beneath this are the words 'TO OUR GALLANT AUSTRALIAN KINSMEN AT THE FRONT FROM THE AUSTRALIAN WAR CONTINGENT ASSOCIATION, LONDON. WITH EVERY GOOD WISH TO ONE AND ALL XMAS 1915'.On the base of the tin the name and address of Mrs J Hargreaves is written in blue ink. The writing is very faint and mostly illegible.
For Christmas 1915 the Australian War Contingent Association in London produced and distributed to each Australian soldier a Christmas gift tin. This particular tin was given to 2375 Private George Hargreaves of 24 Battalion and sent home to his mother. A drover from Echuca, Victoria, Hargreaves enlisted in the AIF on 7 July 1915 and served on the Western Front. He was killed in action at Pozieres on 5 August 1918, aged 30 years.
Australian War Contingent Association gift tin with original chocolate contents. The rectangular gift tin is made of lacquered tin-plate and has a hinged lid printed in black with the Australian coat
Australian War Contingent Association Christmas gift tin with original chocolate contents. The rectangular gift tin is made of lacquered tin-plate and has a hinged lid printed in black with the Austra
Australian War Contingent Association gift tin with original chocolate contents, postcard and label. The rectangular gift tin is made of lacquered tin-plate and has a hinged lid printed in black with
Australian War Contingent Association gift tin with original chocolate contents. The rectangular gift tin is made of lacquered tin-plate and has a hinged lid printed in black with the Australian coat
Postcard from an Australian War Contingent Association Christmas gift tin. The postcard features a series of red, blue, white, yellow and black circles which represent the colours of the allied forces
Embossed, gilded brass rectangular tin with a hinged lid. The lid is embossed with a profile of Princess Mary surrounded by a wreath. The letter M is embossed on either side of the wreath in cursive
