Historical information

SHILLINGLAW Ernest Samuel : Service Number - 1689 : Place of Birth - Eltham VIC : Place of Enlistment - Melbourne VIC : Next of Kin - (Sister) SHILLINGLAW Mary
Service Record
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Enlisted 25 Feb 1916
Embarked overseas 20 Jun 1916
Served with the 38th Battalion in France
Wounded in action 29 May 1917 with a severe gunshot wound to the left eye.
Promoted to Lance Corporal 3 Sep 1918
Awarded the Military Medal 17 Mar 1919 (Gazetted London 17 Jun)
Diembarked Melbourne 30 Apr 1919
Discharged 25 Jun 1919 from AIF, medically unfit with influenza
POSTCARD 1905-1940s
Like the carte-de-visite, postcards enjoyed a collecting craze by large numbers of people, and were often kept in albums through which the interested visitor could browse. Postcards were posted or exchanged in huge numbers.
Postal authorities in Australia only allowed the private printing of postcards from 1898. At this time the back of the card was reserved for the address and postage stamp, and the front was used for the message and a picture. In 1902 British authorities allowed a "divided back", so that the left side could be used for the message, the right side for the address and stamp, and the whole of the front was devoted to the picture. France followed suit in 1904, Germany and Australia in 1905, and the United States in 1907.
- Frost, Lenore; Dating Family Photos 1850-1920; Valiant Press Pty. Ltd., Berwick, Victoria 1991

Physical description

POST-CARD Photo
Digital file only, scanned from album in private collection