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Memorabilia - Postcards (21) - in Canvas Pouch, c. 1917

  • Khaki fabric, rectangular shape, with handwritten text in black ink, showing Ballarat East address, like an envelope. Also has official postage ink stamps, one red ink, one black..

    Canvas pouch, front

  • Pile of postcards on top of white paper document printed with black ink on left (appears to be a 'record of service' photocopy) and cloth 'envelope' on right, with address handwritten in ink

    Untitled image

  • Khaki fabric, rectangular shape, with handwritten text in black ink, showing Ballarat East address, like an envelope.

    Pouch, back

  • Khaki fabric, rectangular shape, with handwritten text in black ink, showing Ballarat East address, like an envelope. Also has official postage ink stamps, one red ink, one black..
  • Pile of postcards on top of white paper document printed with black ink on left (appears to be a 'record of service' photocopy) and cloth 'envelope' on right, with address handwritten in ink
  • Khaki fabric, rectangular shape, with handwritten text in black ink, showing Ballarat East address, like an envelope.

Historical information

This object relates to Charles Walter MURRAY. He was born on 1/01/1881 in Ballarat, VIC. Charles Walter served in the Army - 16th Reinf's 8th Battalion (5165) enlisting on, 24/01/1916 in Ballarat, VIC before being discharged from duties with the 16th REINF'S 8th BATT as a Army Non-Commissioned Private (PTE) on 28/11/1917. Charles Walter MURRAY was not a prisoner of war. His next of kin is Fanny Bertha MURRAY (wife). Charles Murray was awarded the British War Medal and the Victory Medal.

Physical description

WWI era postcards (21), collected and posted home to Ballarat East by an AIF soldier on active duty in a handmade pouch/envelope fashioned out of a khaki garment, hand-sewn and addressed with pen and ink to his mother, Mrs Elizabeth Sandwith.
This object relates to Samuel Thompson SANDWITH. He was born on 1/06/1892 in Ballarat, VIC. Samuel Thompson served in the AIF (5219) enlisting on, 28/01/1916 in Ballarat, VIC before being discharged from duties with the 8TH BATTALION as a Army Non-Commissioned Private (PTE) on 10/09/1919. Samuel Thompson SANDWITH was not a prisoner of war. His next of kin is Jane Elizabeth SANDWITH (Mother).

Inscriptions & markings

Pouch front reads: (0n left hand side) On Active Duty (On right): Mrs. E. J (?). Sandwith / 27 Queen St / Ballarat East / Victoria. Australia / PRESENT FROM A SOLDIER.
Pouch back reads: present from a soldier / On Active Service / Mrs. E J Sandwith / 27 Queen St East / Ballarat E. / Victoria. Australia.
Other text on left illegible.

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