Place | Europe: Western Front |
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Accession Number | REL32874 |
Collection type | Heraldry |
Object type | Badge |
Physical description | Silver |
Maker |
Unknown |
Place made | United Kingdom |
Date made | c 1920s |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Silver War Badge : Acting Battery Quartermaster-Sergeant J M Hislop, 36 Heavy Artillery Group, AIF
Silver War Badge with impressed serial number 'A45407' on reverse. The badge is circular with the words 'FOR KING AND EMPIRE SERVICES RENDERED' around the rim, and a voided cypher and crown of King George V in the centre. The reverse has a hinged vertical pin clasp.
James Marsden Hislop was born in Dunedin, New Zealand in 1891 but was living in Neutral Bay, Sydney with his mother at the time of the First World War. He was a 25 year old commercial traveller when he enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on 1 September 1916 and was assigned the number 31110. With the rank of Gunner, but acting as a Corporal, he sailed for France with 12 Reinforcements of 5 Artillery Brigade aboard RMS Orontes on 19 December 1916. Once in France he served with 35 Siege Battery and also as Acting Quarter Master-Sergeant with 36 Heavy Artillery Group. He returned to Australia on 12 September 1919.
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