Souvenir serving tray with bullet adornments : Private J C Arney, Corps of Australian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers 16 Brigade AIF

Varnished wooden tray made from three lengths of wood, with a pair of crossbraces set at right angles across the base. Each side is shaped with a set of scallops. The tray top is decorated along its perimeter with 9 mm bullets joined by lengths of wire in an art deco style, while each end is supplied with a pair of handles, constructed from a pair of .303 bullets soldered together.

Serving tray made by John Charles Arney during the Second World War. Arney was born in Helensburgh, NSW on the 27 November 1918. He was a motor mechanic before enlisting on the 26 October 1939. He served with 2/3 Battalion before being transferred to Corps of Australian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers 16 Brigade. He was promoted to Corporal on the 24 January 1944 and discharged on the 7 March 1945.