The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Pattern 1908 webbing entrenching tool head carrier. On the reverse are two tabs with buckles for attachment to the shoulder straps (RELAWM07759.001). On the front right is a fastening tab secured with a brass press stud. Stamped inside the carrier are the maker's details 'M.E.CO. 1915 [broad arrow]'.
Associated with the service of 3568 Private William George Hoffman, a labourer from Adelaide, SA. Hoffman enlisted with D Company, 32 Battalion on 1 May 1916 and embarked for England on 12 August. He proceeded to France on 30 December. Hoffman wore this webbing equipment during an attack on the Hindenburg Line near Bellicourt on 29 September to 1 October 1918. Hoffman returned to Australia in August 1919 and was discharged on 2 October.
Pattern 1908 webbing haversack with a top flap opening secured by a pair of straps and brass buckles. Stamped under the flap are the maker's details 'M.E.CO. 1916 [broad arrow]'. There is a tab with a
1908 Pattern entrenching tool helve carrier. It consists of a pair of horizontal double looped webbing straps attached to a short vertical strap with brass buckle at the top. The strap forming the upp
1908 Pattern water bottle and carrier. The blue enamelled water bottle has a khaki wool covering and a cork plug secured to the bottle by a length of twine. The cotton webbing carrier consists of a cr
Pattern 1908 webbing waist belt, two shoulder straps and left and right ammunition pouches. The adjustable cotton webbing waist belt has a brass buckle and fittings. At the back are two angled tabs wi
Pattern 1907 bayonet scabbard and Pattern 1908 webbing frog. The frog has a belt loop and two web loops on the front through which the scabbard is fitted. On the reverse is a tab with a brass end used
Corroded British pattern 08 cast iron entrenching tool head. The spade-like tool is intact, but the helve (wooden handle) is missing. An entrenching tool was issued to each Australian infantryman a
