The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Sterling silver cup, with Birmingham 1916 hallmarks, with fine beading around stem and base but otherwise plain. Cup is engraved 'ANZAC MUONTED (Sic) DIVISION RACE MEETING RICHON LE SION (Sic) 14.12.18 RICHON PLATE 5 FURLONGS CUP PRESENTED BY BRIG. GEN. W. MELDRUM C.M.G. D.S.O. WON BY SERGT McCARTHY'S B.G. [bay gelding] MAZAR'.
Rupert Clyde McCarthy, a farmer from Nelligen, NSW, enlisted in the AIF on 5 December 1914 aged 22. He sailed with the 4th reinforcements of 6 Light Horse Regiment from Sydney aboard HMAT Shropshire on 17 March 1915. His number was 875 and he served initially as a private. He participated in the Gallipoli campaign from May until December 1915 and then during the Palestine campaigns. During the war he was promoted to Lance Corporal and then Temporary Sergeant Cook in November 1918. In December he won this trophy at the Anzac Mounted Division Race Meeting. Two months later, on 20 February 1919, he was admitted to hospital dangerously ill with pneumococcal meningitis. He died on 23 February and was buried in the Dair El Belah War Cemetery in Palestine.
C. 1915. PORTRAIT OF 875 SERGEANT RUPERT CLYDE MCCARTHY WHO ENLISTED 4 DECEMBER 1914 IN THE 6TH AUSTRALIAN LIGHT HORSE REGIMENT. HE SERVED IN GALLIPOLI AND PALESTINE AND DIED OF MENINGITIS 23 FEBRUARY
Silver trophy cup with curved handles attached to either side. The body of the trophy has been soldered to the pedestal base. Stamped inside the base is 'KA1853'. The cup has a fitted lid which rises
Trophy cup made from silver plated brass with two looped handles attached to either side. Engraved on the front are the words 'A.I.F. SURF CARNIVAL 21.9.41 FIRST PRIZE R AND R COMPETITION'. Engraved o
Felt colour patch consisting of a horizontal rectangle divided diagonally green over red. A brass Anzac 'A' is pinned to it. Norman Scott Beuzeville was born on 8 October 1887 at ‘Cardungle’ (a prop
Silver box with a hinged lid. The lid is engraved with 'PRESENTED TO SERGEANT IVOR M.WILSON FROM HIS COMRADES IN D.TROOP, C. SQUADRON, 6TH REGIMENT, A.L.H., AS A TOKEN OF THEIR APPRECIATION OF HIS COU
British War Medal 1914-20. Impressed around edge with recipient's details. Awarded to 892 Sergeant Hampton Roland Harris of 11 Light Horse Regiment, AIF. He enlisted on 22 February 1915 and served
Improvised trophy cup made of two parts of a coconut shell joined together in the centre by a nut and bolt. Each side of the cup has a curved metal handle attached by two small nuts and bolts. The cup
