The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Brief letter written on a piece of khaki cotton shirt with indelible pencil. On one side is the name and adress of the recipient with the note 'Excuse paper & envelope' and a censor stamp in red. On the reverse is written 'Dear Gibby, Just a line to let you know I am still in the land of the living. I have been away from Egypt nearly 7 weeks now. I received your letter dated 4.4.15 also childrens. Hope you got my beads and wireless photos and cards O.K. I am in the best of health. Hope all are the same. Kind regards to you and yours etc Jack.' with another censor stamp in red. The letter has a verticle seam through it.
593 John Robert Howes, 3rd Signal Troop, 3rd Light Horse Brigade served at Gallipoli in 1915 where, in June and July there was a shortage of paper and so Howes cut off a piece of his uniform and used it to write a letter home to a friend. Howes later served with the Wireless Troop, ANZAC Signal Squadron and Gibson, the recipient, later served with the 102nd Howitzer Battery.
Rectangular postcard made from wood. Written on blue ink on the obverse is 'Mrs O. Gibhardt/ Freidrich St./ Albany/ West Aust.'. Also stamped with post stamps. The letter on the reverse reads 'Dear Mo
A small square shaped piece of copper with some Japanese kanji figures impressed into it. A small hole has been punched through one corner and a piece of twine has been threaded through the hole. A l
Cast brass domed goat bell with three holes drilled into the dome head. Through two of these holes is wired a fired rifle round, which acts as a clapper - a length of string is attached to the wire an
Small rectangle of khaki woollen cloth cut from part of a British army uniform jacket. The edges appear to have been deliberately frayed as a decorative device. A poem has been written, as a Christmas
Letter dated 13 June 1915, written in indelible purple pencil on a strip of white cotton flannelette with fine red horizontal stripes used on the end of a pull through to clean rifles. The letter read
Studio portrait of ex-Prisoner of War (POW) 6620 Private (Pte) Douglas John Cameron McMillan Knight Joseph Scott (known by the nickname Alphabetical Scott), 18th Battalion, from Pymble, NSW. Pte Scott
