Compressed fibre identity discs with crucifix : Corporal A K Boyden, 2/12 Field Company, AIF

Pair of compressed fibre identity discs with attached rose gold crucifix, on length of thin twine. One red coloured circular disc is impressed on the obverse with 'AKBOYDEN CE NX32792' and 'A2' on the reverse. The other, octagonal cream coloured disc, is impressed on the obverse with 'AKBOYDEN CE NX32792' and 'A2' on the reverse. A rose gold crucifix also hangs with the discs, impressed with makers' stamps on the reverse.

Arthur Keeling Boyden was born in Melbourne, Victoria, in April 1904. He enlisted in the AIF on 19 June 1940, becoming Corporal NX32792 with 2/12 Field Company, Royal Australian Engineers. Captured by the Japanese at the end of the Malayan campaign, he was held between 1942 and 1945 at Changi POW camp, and various camps on the Burma-Thailand Railway. Boyden was repatriated to Australia and discharged from the AIF on 8 February 1946. Post-war, he became sales manager for North Shore Gas, and died on 30 December 1975.