From the album of WWI soldier William West (1268) of the 29 Infantry Battalion, 5th Pioneers Battalion. This collection of postcards, photographs and clippings were sent between William and his family and loved ones during the years he was on active service. See also 207 and 220. Colour postcard, blue / green colour scheme. Map of Australia in central frame surrounded by native Australian animals in a bush setting: kangaroo, emu, currawong / magpie, kookaburra. Above them is a rising sun. The central frame is actually a flap but whatever it may have concealed beneath is now lost. Handwritten message on back.album, photo album, newspaper clippings, postcard, wwi, magpie, currawong, kookaburra, emu, kangaroo, australia

From the album of WWI soldier William West (1268) of the 29 Infantry Battalion, 5th Pioneers Battalion. This collection of postcards, photographs and clippings were sent between William and his family and loved ones during the years he was on active service. See also 207 and 220. Colour postcard of two men in front of a house. Handwritten message on back.Front: "Can I see the master of the house? / Just wait a fe minutes, Me and the old girl's in the middle of settling that question!"album, photo album, newspaper clippings, postcard, wwi

From the album of WWI soldier William West (1268) of the 29 Infantry Battalion, 5th Pioneers Battalion. This collection of postcards, photographs and clippings were sent between William and his family and loved ones during the years he was on active service. See also 207 and 220. Colour postcard with a drawing of a boat with two masts, next to a beach at low tide. Handwritten message on back.Front: "A bright new year"album, photo album, newspaper clippings, postcard, wwi, boat, happy new year

From the album of WWI soldier William West (1268) of the 29 Infantry Battalion, 5th Pioneers Battalion. This collection of postcards, photographs and clippings were sent between William and his family and loved ones during the years he was on active service. See also 207 and 220. Sepia coloured postcard with a drawing of a man on horseback - probably a stockman or drover - with a dog and cattle. A group of soldiers are drawn in the top left corner. Handwritten message on back.Front: "A Cooee from Australia / Cooee! Cooee! / Can you hear it you have heard it oft before / It carries with it, best of love / and comes from Australs' shore."album, photo album, newspaper clippings, postcard, wwi, cooee, australia, drover, stockman

From the album of WWI soldier William West (1268) of the 29 Infantry Battalion, 5th Pioneers Battalion. This collection of postcards, photographs and clippings were sent between William and his family and loved ones during the years he was on active service. See also 207 and 220. Postcard with a drawing of a bulldog with a small sausage dog in its mouth. Handwritten message on back.Front: "Got him!"album, photo album, newspaper clippings, postcard, wwi, dog, bulldog, sausage dog

From the album of WWI soldier William West (1268) of the 29 Infantry Battalion, 5th Pioneers Battalion. This collection of postcards, photographs and clippings were sent between William and his family and loved ones during the years he was on active service. See also 207 and 220. Postcard with a drawing of a gold basket full of purple flowers. Newspaper cutting adhered to the back.Front: "Just a line"album, photo album, newspaper clippings, postcard, wwi, flowers, basket, gold, purple

From the album of WWI soldier William West (1268) of the 29 Infantry Battalion, 5th Pioneers Battalion. This collection of postcards, photographs and clippings were sent between William and his family and loved ones during the years he was on active service. See also 207 and 220. Postcard with a colour drawing of a pink-faced man wearing a bowlers hat and bowtie, holding a flagon of beer. Handwritten message on the back.Front: "If your spirits you would cheer / come and try the local beer"album, photo album, newspaper clippings, postcard, wwi, beer, bowlers hat, flagon of beer, local beer

From the album of WWI soldier William West (1268) of the 29 Infantry Battalion, 5th Pioneers Battalion. This collection of postcards, photographs and clippings were sent between William and his family and loved ones during the years he was on active service. See also 207 and 220. Postcard with a colour cartoon of two men standing on the side of cliff next to the ocean. One man is dressed in a sailors uniform. The other is wearing a suit and smoking a cigar. Handwritten message on the back.Front: "Don't folks often fall over the cliffs and get lost." / "No, we allers finds em at the bottom!"album, photo album, newspaper clippings, postcard, wwi, cliff, sea, ocean, sailor, cigar, pipe, cartoon

From the album of WWI soldier William West (1268) of the 29 Infantry Battalion, 5th Pioneers Battalion. This collection of postcards, photographs and clippings were sent between William and his family and loved ones during the years he was on active service. See also 207 and 220. Postcard with a colour illustration of a small African child emerging from an egg. Blue egg cup. Yellow background with red text. Handwritten message on the back.Front: "I am coming of of my Shell at / Melbourne / Good e'en to you, my hearty! Don't put yourself about, I've come to join your party, And mother knows I'm out"album, photo album, newspaper clippings, postcard, wwi, melbourne, egg, egg cup

From the album of WWI soldier William West (1268) of the 29 Infantry Battalion, 5th Pioneers Battalion. This collection of postcards, photographs and clippings were sent between William and his family and loved ones during the years he was on active service. See also 207 and 220. Postcard with a colour illustration of a black hen sitting on a crate of straw. Green palings in background. Round insert with a 'old style' red mail box. Handwritten message on the back.Front: "I'm just dropping this in the box for you"album, photo album, newspaper clippings, postcard, wwi, egg, hen, mail box

From the album of WWI soldier William West (1268) of the 29 Infantry Battalion, 5th Pioneers Battalion. This collection of postcards, photographs and clippings were sent between William and his family and loved ones during the years he was on active service. See also 207 and 220. Postcard with a colour illustration of a crowd of soldiers and a lone man with sleeves rolled, apparently bracing himself for a fight. Handwritten message on back.Front: "Now then, you spalpeen, come on!"album, photo album, newspaper clippings, postcard, wwi, spalpeen, spalpeens

From the album of WWI soldier William West (1268) of the 29 Infantry Battalion, 5th Pioneers Battalion. This collection of postcards, photographs and clippings were sent between William and his family and loved ones during the years he was on active service. See also 207 and 220. Postcard with a colour portrait of two embraced lovers sitting on a fence. Newspaper cutting adhered to back.album, photo album, newspaper clippings, postcard, wwi, lovers, embracing, kiss, love

From the album of WWI soldier William West (1268) of the 29 Infantry Battalion, 5th Pioneers Battalion. This collection of postcards, photographs and clippings were sent between William and his family and loved ones during the years he was on active service. See also 207 and 220. Postcard with a colour cartoon depicting a crowd of people lining up to get in a door. One gentleman has a very large stomach. Handwritten message on the back.Front: "Lummy, Guv'nor, you ought to be in the Big Push!"album, photo album, newspaper clippings, postcard, wwi, the big push, ladies, gentlemen

From the album of WWI soldier William West (1268) of the 29 Infantry Battalion, 5th Pioneers Battalion. This collection of postcards, photographs and clippings were sent between William and his family and loved ones during the years he was on active service. See also 207 and 220. Postcard with a colour cartoon depicting a uniformed soldier with a pick axe digging a hole. Blue and red line border. Handwritten message on the back.Front: "I'm not half picking up since I joined the army!"album, photo album, newspaper clippings, postcard, wwi

From the album of WWI soldier William West (1268) of the 29 Infantry Battalion, 5th Pioneers Battalion. This collection of postcards, photographs and clippings were sent between William and his family and loved ones during the years he was on active service. See also 207 and 220. Postcard with a sepia photograph of three men in a car. Handwritten message on the back.album, photo album, newspaper clippings, postcard, wwi, car, photograph

From the album of WWI soldier William West (1268) of the 29 Infantry Battalion, 5th Pioneers Battalion. This collection of postcards, photographs and clippings were sent between William and his family and loved ones during the years he was on active service. See also 207 and 220. Postcard with a black and white photograph of a soldier in uniform. His right arm is resting on a wooden stand and he stands in front of a brick ivy covered wall. Handwritten message on the back.There is a small sign at the base of the stand that says "3251"album, photo album, newspaper clippings, postcard, wwi, photograph, soldier

From the album of WWI soldier William West (1268) of the 29 Infantry Battalion, 5th Pioneers Battalion. This collection of postcards, photographs and clippings were sent between William and his family and loved ones during the years he was on active service. See also 207 and 220. Postcard with a black and white photograph of a soldier in uniform. He is standing in front of a plain white background. Handwritten message on the back.album, photo album, newspaper clippings, postcard, wwi, photograph, soldier

From the album of WWI soldier William West (1268) of the 29 Infantry Battalion, 5th Pioneers Battalion. This collection of postcards, photographs and clippings were sent between William and his family and loved ones during the years he was on active service. See also 207 and 220. Postcard with a black and white photograph of soldiers constructing a roadway at the front. Handwritten message on the back.album, photo album, newspaper clippings, postcard, wwi, photograph, soldier, the front, road, construction

From the album of WWI soldier William West (1268) of the 29 Infantry Battalion, 5th Pioneers Battalion. This collection of postcards, photographs and clippings were sent between William and his family and loved ones during the years he was on active service. See also 207 and 220. Postcard with a sepia photograph of a large ship, the HMS Essex. Handwritten message on the back.album, photo album, newspaper clippings, postcard, wwi, photograph, ship, boat, hms essex, essex

From the album of WWI soldier William West (1268) of the 29 Infantry Battalion, 5th Pioneers Battalion. This collection of postcards, photographs and clippings were sent between William and his family and loved ones during the years he was on active service. See also 207 and 220. Postcard with a sepia photograph of a large ship, the HMS Essex. Handwritten message on the back.album, photo album, newspaper clippings, postcard, wwi, photograph, ship, boat, hms essex, essex

From the album of WWI soldier William West (1268) of the 29 Infantry Battalion, 5th Pioneers Battalion. This collection of postcards, photographs and clippings were sent between William and his family and loved ones during the years he was on active service. See also 207 and 220. Postcard with a sepia photograph of a city street scene. Handwritten message on the back.Front: "Rue a HELIOPOLIS"album, photo album, newspaper clippings, postcard, wwi, photograph, heliopolis, rue, street, tram

From the album of WWI soldier William West (1268) of the 29 Infantry Battalion, 5th Pioneers Battalion. This collection of postcards, photographs and clippings were sent between William and his family and loved ones during the years he was on active service. See also 207 and 220. Postcard with a colour cartoon of a man smoking a pipe looking at a bottle of XXX Ale. Handwritten message on the back.Front: "you made me love you - and i didn't want to do it!"album, photo album, newspaper clippings, postcard, wwi, beer, ale, xxxx

From the album of WWI soldier William West (1268) of the 29 Infantry Battalion, 5th Pioneers Battalion. This collection of postcards, photographs and clippings were sent between William and his family and loved ones during the years he was on active service. See also 207 and 220. Postcard with a colour illustration depicting four women in evening wear (each representing the flags of the allies) watching a soldier on a stage. Handwritten message on the back.Front: "We all think you're acting fine / Joue bien ton role, Tommy!"album, photo album, newspaper clippings, postcard, wwi, tommy, evening wear, flags of the allies, flags

From the album of WWI soldier William West (1268) of the 29 Infantry Battalion, 5th Pioneers Battalion. This collection of postcards, photographs and clippings were sent between William and his family and loved ones during the years he was on active service. See also 207 and 220. Postcard with black and white design featuring a pyramid and the sphinx.Front: "Greetings from Egypt"album, photo album, newspaper clippings, postcard, wwi, egypt, pyramid, sphinx, greetings

From the album of WWI soldier William West (1268) of the 29 Infantry Battalion, 5th Pioneers Battalion. This collection of postcards, photographs and clippings were sent between William and his family and loved ones during the years he was on active service. See also 207 and 220. Postcard with black and white image of a mother and daughter, with inset of a soldier, probably the father / husband. Front: "fond thoughts of you"album, photo album, newspaper clippings, postcard, wwi, mum, dad, daughter, photograph, black and white

From the album of WWI soldier William West (1268) of the 29 Infantry Battalion, 5th Pioneers Battalion. This collection of postcards, photographs and clippings were sent between William and his family and loved ones during the years he was on active service. See also 207 and 220. Postcard with black and white photograph of a Creswick street sceneFront: "Post office and free library, Creswick"album, photo album, newspaper clippings, postcard, wwi, creswick, post office, library

From the album of WWI soldier William West (1268) of the 29 Infantry Battalion, 5th Pioneers Battalion. This collection of postcards, photographs and clippings were sent between William and his family and loved ones during the years he was on active service. See also 207 and 220. Postcard with black and white photograph of five children next to a bassinetalbum, photo album, newspaper clippings, postcard, wwi, children, baby

From the album of WWI soldier William West (1268) of the 29 Infantry Battalion, 5th Pioneers Battalion. This collection of postcards, photographs and clippings were sent between William and his family and loved ones during the years he was on active service. See also 207 and 220. Postcard with a studio photograph of a standing child and a reclined dogalbum, photo album, newspaper clippings, postcard, wwi, children, baby, dog, photograph

From the album of WWI soldier William West (1268) of the 29 Infantry Battalion, 5th Pioneers Battalion. This collection of postcards, photographs and clippings were sent between William and his family and loved ones during the years he was on active service. See also 207 and 220. Postcard with a black and white photograph of a busy street sceneFront "wentworth street / petticoat lane"album, photo album, newspaper clippings, postcard, wwi, street, people, shop

Five dog tags, one brass, one homemade silver metal, one silver metal and two brown leather belonging to Private William West 1268 5th Pioneer Battalion who served during WW1. He enlisted in 1915 was wounded in 1917 and returned to Australlia in 1918One gold and two silver metal and two brown leather identification tags Brass wrist tag: W. West 1268 5th Pioneers Batt. A.I.F. Homemade silver metal wrist tag: W. West 5th Poineer BTN AIF Silver metal tag: Front; Next of Kin Mrs A.M West VIC Nt Creswick Aust. Back; 1268 W. West D 29 AI CE Brown leather tag: West. W 1268 5 PNRS AIF CE Brown leather tag on neck string: West. W 1268 5 PNRS AIF CEdog tags, wwi, world war 1, 5th battalion, aif