The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Collection relating to the Cadet William Davison Walster, Australian Commonwealth Contingent 1911. Collection consists of a diary, postcards and papers relating to Cadet Walster's visit to the United Kingdom (UK) for the coronation of His Majesty King George V in 1911. The diary covers the period from April 1911 through to October 1911, and details Cadet Walster's embarkation from Australia, his journey to England, details of the War of South Africa (Boer War), the Coronation celebrations, and his return voyage to Australia. The collection also consists of official documents associated with his later activity in the Senior Cadet Training Scheme prior to the outbreak of the First World War, Battalion Orders for the 44th Battalion dated 1913 and 1915, and souvenir items from a Coronation Contingent Reunion in 1935.
Dark green wool serge tunic with stand collar and pointed cuffs. Collar edged all round with narrow red wool Russia braid and decorated with brass Cadet Corps collar badges. Dark green shoulder straps
Commonwealth Cadets peaked cap for the Australian 1911 Coronation Contingent. Cap is khaki woollen twill with a dark green superfine wool hatband, brown leather chinstrap, brass general service button
Dark green wool serge forage cap with contrasting light green crown edged with red cotton piping. The cap has a black cotton lining and is fitted at the front with a pair of small King Edward VII 'Aus
Custom made khaki wool serge jacket with pointed cuffs, two pleated breast pockets with two waist patch pockets. There is a brass belt hook on either side of the waist. The jacket fastens down the fro
Gilded brass Rising Sun 'Australian Commonwealth Military Forces' hat badge with two lugs and a brass split pin to secure it to a hat. Originally worn on REL/06826. Worn by Senior Cadet William ‘Bil
Studio portrait of 3465 Private (Pte) William Davison (Bill) Walster, 4th Battalion, of Junee, NSW, wearing his Coronation Medal ribbon. He enlisted on 31 July 1915 and embarked aboard HMAT Port Linco
Portrait of Senior Cadet William Davison (Bill) Walster, of Junee, NSW, dressed in his dark green ceremonial jacket, breeches and slouch hat, with his hand on a dining chair. Taken in the garden of th
Group portrait of Senior Cadet William Davison (Bill) Walster, of Junee, NSW, with his relatives in the back yard of their family home in Epworth, England. Identified: left to right: back row; William
Studio portrait of Senior Cadet William (Bill) Walster of Junee, NSW, upon his return from England with the Australian 1911 Coronation Contingent. Walster was aged 15 years and nine months at the time
Commonwealth Cadets peaked cap for the Australian 1911 Coronation Contingent. Cap is khaki woollen twill with a dark green superfine wool hatband, brown leather chinstrap, brass general service button
Brown autograph album with signatures of Coronation Contingent (1911) collected by William (Bill) Walster. Each signature is numbered and some of these are later annotated with what happened to them d