Bag, Duffle
Description
A canvas kit bag with metal grommets at the top for a drawstring. " PVT.H.STANNERS. / 24 / 1488. / F.COY. / 8. R F S. / N.Z. / H.M.N.Z.T.S. / No 36 " is stencilled on one side. " H.D. Stanners. / F. Coy. " is stencilled on the other side. Some worn, illegible numbers are stencilled on the base of the bag and there is some handwritten writing on the interior of the bag which has been crossed out.
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Production period
Classification
Credit line
This
kit
bag
belonged
to
Horace
Dartwell
Stanners.
Horace
was
from
Eltham
and
served
in
Gallipoli.
He
returned
to
Eltham
after
standing
on
a
bayonet
and
was
reliant
on
walking
sticks
for
much
of
his
life.
He
died
in
the
late
1960s.
Accession number
PA2007.106
Collection type
Material
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