Historical information

Worn by all Australian Forces in WWI. Few of the leather tags have survived. They were used to identify the Dead and Injured soldiers, one tag being removed for records and the other being left on the deceased serviceman. Of interest is that the Aluminium tag has the this soldiers religion as CE (Church of England) while the leather tag has the religion recorder as PRES (Presbyterian)

Significance

Few of the leather tags have survived

Physical description

2 round identity tags on leather thong One of silver coloured metal and one of copper

Inscriptions & markings

Aluminium tag - 1056
OLDEN T N 57 A1 CE
Leather- OLDEN T E 1056 57 BTN PRES