The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
A collection, mainly of certificates of Private Ernest Charles Peddell who enlisted with the Australian Imperial Force on 20 January 1917. He served on the Western Front and returned to Australia in December 1918. During the Second World War he again enlisted (NX60381) and served with the 2/17 Battalion in North Africa and the Pacific. The items in the collection include the 80th Anniversary Armistice Medal warrant and letter signed by the Prime Minister John Howard and certificates from the: Confederation Europeenne des Anciens Combattants 1980; Ordre National de la Legion D'Honneur 1998; Federation Royale les Veterans du Roi Albert 1er; Union Nationale des Combattants; Federal Minister for Hume with 100th birthday wishes and a colour photograph of Peddell as an aged veteran.
Diary of Sergeant Cahill describing activities in England and France during the First World War; German propaganda booklet dropped on the trenches of the 34th Infantry Battalion; trench map Zonnebeke
The obverse consists of three different shaped crosses, each on top of the other. The bottom cross is a gilded Maltese cross, with the arms on the diagonal. The middle cross is a red enamel Greek cros
80th Anniversary Armistice Remembrance Medal. Impressed around the edge with recipients name. The 80th Anniversary Armistice Remembrance Medal was was granted to Mr Pedell on 21 April 1999. Each of
Gilded Maltese cross. The obverse has a central bust of a soldier wearing a helmet and is impressed with text that reads 'EDB'. The top of the cross is connected to a pivoting gold crown which forms p
A small circular bronze medal with a bronze securing ring and small bronze ball attached to the top. The obverse has a raised profile of a French helmet in front of a laurel branch. There is text arou
French Legion d'Honneur, 5th Class. In presentation box. Associated with the First World War service of Ernest Charles Peddell who was born on 10 July 1899 in Sydney, NSW. Peddell, a shop assistant
