The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Small aluminium tobacco tin with separate lid. Engraved on the four sides of the lid is, 'BURMA MALAYA THAILAND SINGAPORE'. The sides of the tin are also engraved with, 'W WALD NX58914 8 [illegible] 1941-1944'.
Associated with the service of NX58914 Sergeant W O Wald, 8th Division Signals. William Odeen Wald was born in Auckland, New Zealand on 30 April 1903. He was married to Vera May Wald, living at Broken Head, NSW and working a linesman when he enlisted in the Second AIF on 12 July 1940 as a private. Wald arrived in Malaya with the 8th Division Signals in February 1941. Wald was promoted to Sergeant in October 1941 and became a prisoner of war of the Japanese when Singapore fell in February 1942. After over three and a half years as a prisoner of the Japanese, he was repatriated to Australia in September 1945 and received his discharged from the Army on 8 February 1946.
Tin with hinged lid. The lid is engraved with a memorial stone and cross with the letters 'AIF'. In the left corner is engraved '1941 BURMA' and in the right is '1945 JAVA'. Both place names are under
Small aluminum tobacco tin with hinged lid. The lid has been engraved with the rays of an Imperial Japanese flag superimposed with a Returned from Active Service badge. Engraved in one corner are the
Rectangular tobacco tin made from soldered tin with a silvered finish, featuring a pair of lids which share a hinge located about a quarter of the way down the tin. The smaller lid is fitted with a to
Aluminium, rectangular mess tin with hinged metal handle. The end opposite the handle has engraved '(SCOTTY) / J. WILLIAMS / 2/3 RES M.T.' and on one side is a tropical island scene. Engraved on the b
Discoloured woollen purple over grey oval colour patch with cotton central rectangle divided horizontally white over blue. Colour patch of the 8 Divisional Signals worn by NX71475 Signalman John Wil
Small, mildly corroded rectangular tin of Johnson & Johnson baby powder. Most of the original label has disappeared from the body, but a small portion of red and white chequer pattern remains around t
