Pocket Knife : Corporal G L Trevillian 6 Battalion, AIF

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Accession Number REL30699
Collection type Heraldry
Object type Personal equipment
Physical description Bone; Stainless steel
Maker Hudson Knife Co
Place made Germany
Date made Unknown
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Description

Small folding pocket knife with four blades, fitting into a bone handle. Each blade is impressed 'HUDSON KNIFE Co.'.

History / Summary

Associated with 155 Corporal George Leslie Trevillian of 6 Battalion AIF. He enlisted on 17 August 1914 and was killed in action during the second Battle of Krithia, on Gallipoli, on 8 May 1915. His body was not recovered and he is commemorated on the Cape Helles Memorial.