Memorabilia - WW1 Wooden Cross

Historical information

Temporary cross erected in memory of fallen soldiers in the cemeteries in battlefields in WW1

Significance

Pte. Henry Conway was a resident of the Christmas Hills district, north of Montmorency, on enlistment; after the war, the cross was returned to his parents in Christmas Hills

Physical description

Wooden Cross

Inscriptions & markings

Stamped on metal strips:
7213 Pte. H. CONWAY
21ST AUSTRALIAN (unfinished label)
28TH APRIL 1918

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