The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Circular identity disc impressed with the 1908 Australian Coat of Arms. Around the Arms is engraved in cursive script 'Next of Kin V. C. Black 288 Clarence St Sydney'. The reverse is engraved in the same script with '886/S.H.R.Black./ Wireless Section HQ Flight 4 Sqd/A.F.C.-A.I.F./C.E.'. The top of the disc has a rounded extension with a small hole for attaching the disc to a chain.
Worn by 886 Sydney Henry Robert Black who enlisted in the Australian Flying Corps on 6 October 1916. Black embarked from Melbourne on 17 January 1917 aboard RMS Omrah as an Air Mechanic 2nd Class and arrived in Plymouth, England on 27 March. He transferred to No. 71 (Aust) Squadron RFC (titled No. 4 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps from 18 January 1918) on 2 April but was taken on command at the South Farnborough Wireless School for a course of instruction on 16 April. He returned to his unit on 24 June and was promoted Corporal Mechanic on 1 July. On 20 August Black proceeded overseas to France for duty with the British Expeditionary Force as a member of No 1 Aircraft Depot (Wireless Section) He detached to No. 16 Squadron RFC on 24 September but was attached to No. 4 Squadron, AFC on 18 January 1918. Black transferred to No. 3 Squadron AFC on 17 May and remained attached to that unit until the end of the war. He returned to Australia aboard “Kaiser-i-Hind” on 6 May 1919 and disembarked in Australia on 19 June.
Shaped brass wrist identity disc, with pair of keepers for a leather strap. The disc is engraved 'AIR MECH MARSTON H J 1478' and 'CE / AUST FLYING COR AIF'. In between which is a crudely realised crow
Trench art brass vase made from a 75 mm German shell case, with a separate circular laminated wooden stand. The base of the vase is unaltered and takes the form of the original shell base. The shell h
Round aluminium identity disc impressed '277 A T COLE 1 AFC CE'. The disc is attached to a metal chain. Born in Malvern, Victoria, in 1895, Adrian Trevor 'King' Cole enlisted in the AIF on 29 Januar
Brass rosebowl made from a German artillery shell case. The case retains its circular base, impressed with the following: 'DEZ 1916 st HL 35 HL 6'. The case has been worked to produce a rolled lip and
Octagonal aluminium identity disc with a hole at each end. The obverse is engraved, '405797 HOLMES J. C RAAF CE'. The reverse is engraved, 'O' and the numeral '4' in a circle. This identity disc
Pair of brown soft leather flying gauntlets with sheepskin lining. They are designed as mittens, but leave the thumb and index finger separate. The gauntlets do not appear to be a matching pair, with
