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Functional object - Hip flask owned by Rat of Tobruk Arthur Lock, 1930s

  • Hip flask owned by Rat of Tobruk Arthur Lock

    Hip flask owned by Rat of Tobruk Arthur Lock

  • Hip flask owned by Rat of Tobruk Arthur Lock - lid open

    Hip flask owned by Rat of Tobruk Arthur Lock - lid open

  • Hip flask owned by Rat of Tobruk Arthur Lock with scale

    Hip flask owned by Rat of Tobruk Arthur Lock with scale

  • Hip flask owned by Rat of Tobruk Arthur Lock
  • Hip flask owned by Rat of Tobruk Arthur Lock - lid open
  • Hip flask owned by Rat of Tobruk Arthur Lock with scale

Historical information

This item was owned by Arthur Lock. The initals engraved on the side are those of his mother, Edith May Lock,

Significance

This item is part of a collection of items owned by Arthur Lock, a member of the 2/23rd Battalion, an all-volunteer Second Australian Imperial Force which served as part of the garrison during the Siege of Tobruk, then at El Alamein, New Guinea and Borneo. It has particular local significance as the battalion was know as "Albury's Own" because a large majority of the battalion's initial intake of volunteers came from the Albury–Wodonga region.

Physical description

A silver and leather hip flask with clear glass viewing window on each side.

Inscriptions & markings

Engraved on one side "E.M.L"
On base 1/4 PT/ HARDY BROS/MADE IN ENGLAND / 565A

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