Historical information
Items were discovered in the Rats of Tobruk case in the Bendigo Soldiers Memorial Military Museum.
Compliments card was discovered inside the front cover of the Bendigo's Own Rats of Tobruk book in museum library.
D.H Gray is identified as Douglas Haig Gray, VX45356, 2/24th Infantry Battalion who served in the Siege of Tobruk in 1941.
Physical description
.1) Cardboard dinner invitation. Yellow coloured, black ink. It has the name and badge of the Rats of Tobruk Association. Decorative jagged edges, painted gold.
.2) Cardboard cover booklet. Rats of Tobruk Association name and badge. 24 pages. Yellow cover.
.3) Compliments card, white, gold printing with Rats of Tobruk Association badge and name.
Inscriptions & markings
.3) Compliments card has written in blue pen, “P121.2 150-1” and signed “D.H. Gray President”