Book - MANUAL, 1914, General Staff, War Office, "FIELD SERVICE POCKET BOOK", 1914, Reprinted with Amendments 1916

Historical information

Details from two names - front end paper.
William Ernest Hamilton No. 923, 7th Battalion AIF. Enlisted 22.08.1914, H. Coy, 7th Battalion AIF. RTA 25.01.1919. Rank Lieutenant.
William David Norman, No. 7281, 7th Battalion A.I.F. Enlisted 27.04.1916, 24th Reinforcements, 7th Battalion , RTA 09.02.1919, Rank Corporal.

Physical description

Soft Cover Book.
Cover - brown colour buckram soft cover over lightweight cardboard with pockets and flaps to hold cardboard cover in place. Black ink print on front. Pockets and flaps - stitched along the edges.
290 pages, cut, plain, white paper. This is a field instruction manual with a number of pull out pages - charts, maps and illustration.
Handwritten information on front end paper.

Inscriptions & markings

Details from front end-paper - handwritten in blue ink pen. "W.E. Hamilton/ Box 18/ Korong Vale".
Black ink pen "W.D. Norman/ No 7281/ 7th Battalion A.I.F."

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