POEM, "In Memory of Herbert Smith KIA, October 1914" and POST CARD of Méteren village's "Needle-eyed chuch."

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From the Collection of Warrnambool RSL Sub Branch Merri Street Warrnambool Victoria

Attached Files

Poem IN MEMORY OF HERBERT SMITH, KIA, Oct 1914.docx (docx, 11.64 KB)

Object Registration

SNAPE-034 BOB: POETRY, "In Memory of Herbert Smith KIA, October 1914"

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EGYPT PICTURE POSTCARDS, 56 images.

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5th and 6th Batts crossing Suez Canal on the NBT pontoon bridge at Serapeum.

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Inscriptions & Markings

Harold's hand-printed annotation on reverse side of photo."5th and 6th Batts crossing the Suez Canal on the NBT pontoon bridge at Serapeum"

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Scuttling of the destroyer HMS Louis which had stranded off Suvla Bay on 31 October 1915. - The scuttling of the destroyer HMS Louis.

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Photograph measures 4.5 x 6.5 cms

Inscriptions & Markings

Hand-printed annotation on reverse side reads: "A party of sailors from the Cruiser Canopus broke the Dest. Louis in halves with a charge of gun cotton. The after part sank and the for'ard portion (see here) was towed into deep water and sunk also."

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NCOs of the staff of the Australian Corps Headquarters outside their quarters, Querrieu, France. 20 July 1918: AWM EO2763 - NCOs of the staff of the Australian Corps Headquarters outside their quarters, Querrieu, France. 20 July 1918. Cpl R O Snape is identified on the far left of the third row from the front.

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'A Little Parable'. A humourous piece written in the 1950s, about his friend (and Madge's younger sister Betty's husband) LES ROSS, another WW1 veteran of the Western Front trenches and later, an S.E.5 pilot.

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'Return, O Wanderer, to thy home' (One of Bob's maternal grandfather's favourite hymns).

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c.1924. A self-guided battlefields tour retracing his brothers' footsteps? Young brother, FRANK SNAPE dressed up in Army uniform, for the photo opportunity, just for fun. "You didn't think I could grow one like this, did you?" is written on the back of the photograph, posted home to Bob. (As a small child, whilst playing with the fire in his family sitting-room, Frank accidentally burnt his hand badly on the fire-grate. Unable to properly open and close his hand, Frank would later have proven to be medically unfit for military service.)

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BOB SNAPE, aged 84 years (approx.)

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A RETROSPECTIVE ON THE SOLDIERING LIFE OF HAROLD (undated, but probably September 1918)....... This 18-page piece was never finished.

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Trip to Brussels - January 1919.

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City of Essendon: 'For Duty Nobly Done'.

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CERTIFICATE of DISCHARGE

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Repatriation arrangements.

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Letters (x 2) dated 20 April 1919, from J Talbot Hobbs, Lieut.General, Commanding Australian Corps, re Bob's wish for demobilisation.

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AUSTRALIAN CORPS Camp Order No. 27, 10 December 1918, pp 1 - 2

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MUSIC, Bob's passion. He always carried his favourite music scores in his kit, including some hard cover grand operas. On leave, he saw as many operas as he could, taking the score along to each performance, keeping one eye on the show and the other on the music. One day in September 1917, somewhere in Flanders, whilst visiting 2nd Division HQ, Bob had a chance meeting with the decorated infantry officer, Captain Rupert 'Sos' Wertheim (whose interrogation of German POWs crucially affected the Allies preparation for the Battle of Menin Road). He was the son of the German Jewish emigré who set up the famous Richmond-based Wertheim piano-factory in the early 1900s. Captain Wertheim asked Bob to play all the operatic pieces he could remember. (A few days later, a stray German shell hit the 2nd Div. HQ killing a number of officers).

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BOB & HAROLD: ATTESTATION PAPERS

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BOB and HAROLD SNAPE. 7 PHOTOS: BOB, AMC 6th Field Ambulance (x2); HAROLD, RANBT (x1) and 12th Brigade AFA (x2). QUERRIEU, France, 20 July 1918. NCOs of AUSTRALIAN CORPS HQ... Bob is on extreme Left of 3rd row.

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STORIES / ESSAYS: A DAY IN GERMANY: An unauthorised visit to Cologne (March 1919).

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STORIES / ESSAYS (B) ........ 'On BLIGHTY LEAVE' (i.e. in Great Britain): 'My Fourth Visit to Great Britain' (1 February 1919) & 'A Dear Little Place Called London' (22 April 1918).

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POEM, "In Memory of Herbert Smith KIA, October 1914" and POST CARD of Méteren village's "Needle-eyed chuch."

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