Belgian embroidered silk souvenir handkerchief : Private R R Shapland, 21 Battalion AIF

Souvenir silk handkerchief from Belgium. Square handkerchief is edged with lace. In one corner of the handkerchief is a number of white and red embroidered flowers over 'SOUVENIR DE BELGIQUE' embroidered in yellow.

Associated with 968 Private Reginald Reed Shapland, enlisted on 3 March 1915 and served in 21 Battalion and 6 Light Trench Mortar Battery. While serving in 6 LTMB he was second in charge of a mortar. During an attack at Bullecourt, France on 4 May 1917 he was killed in action when he was shot in the chest.

• Egyptian souvenir silk handkerchief : Private R R Shapland, 21 Battalion AIF