Memorabilia - Identification Tags

Historical information

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 1918

Physical description

One gold and two silver metal and two brown leather identification tags

Inscriptions & markings

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 CE

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