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Glass soda bottle which contained a letter : Corporal M J Young, 29 Battalion AIF
Heraldry
Maker: E Rowlands
Pointed end soda or aerated water moulded glass bottle with a bulbous collar (slightly uneven in application) with the words 'E. Rowlands / Ballarat / Melbourne / Sydney' moulded vertically into one s...REL43607
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Hardtack biscuit : Gunner F Lemmon, 8th Battery, Australian Field Artillery
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Rectangular army ' hard tack' biscuit. both sides carry writing in purple indelible pencil. One side reads,'ON ACTIVE SERVICE / MRS LEMMON / SOUTH VIEW /TICEHURST / SUSSEX'; the other 'FROM ANZAC / 1...REL/00915
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Hardtack biscuit with message : Frederick Guttridge 30th Battalion
Heraldry
Army 'hard tack' biscuit on which is written a message. Elements of the surface of the biscuit have flaked off, leaving the message only partly readable. The message reads: "1740 (?) F. Guttridge ...REL/00914
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Hardtack biscuit with message : Private S E Lever, 57 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Swallow & Ariell
Square army biscuit pricked in a grid pattern. The words 'SWALLOW & ARIELL/ARMY/WHOLEMEAL/MELBOURNE' are stamped across the front. Over the top of this is written in black marking 'FROM PTE S. LEVER 1...REL/00916
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Letter written at Gallipoli on a rifle pull through : T V Roberts, Auckland Mounted Rifles
Heraldry
Maker: Roberts, Thomas Victor 'Tom'
Letter dated 13 June 1915, written in indelible purple pencil on a strip of white cotton flannelette with fine red horizontal stripes used on the end of a pull through to clean rifles. The letter read...REL/01726
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Letter written on a piece of a shirt : Sapper J R Howes, 3 signal Troop, 3 Light Horse Brigade, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Howes, John Robert
Brief letter written on a piece of khaki cotton shirt with indelible pencil. On one side is the name and adress of the recipient with the note 'Excuse paper & envelope' and a censor stamp in red. On t...RELAWM16446