Fundraising medalet : 'Honor to our splendid men of AIF'

Small gilded bronze medalet with a fragment of a red, white and blue ribbon attached. The obverse shows a bust of an Australian soldier holding a rifle around which are the words 'HONOR TO OUR SPLENDID MEN OF A.I.F.'. The reverse has ' WHO FOUGHT IN THE GREAT EUROPEAN WAR' and '1914 - 18' around a list of campaigns; 'EGYPT GALLIPOLI FRANCE SALONIKA PALESTINE MESOPOTAMIA'.

This medal belonged to Lilian Agnes Walter who was born at Candelo near Bega, New South Wales in 1888. Miss Walter received her Nurse's Certificate from Sydney Hospital in January 1914 and enlisted as a nurse with the Australian Army Nursing Service in June 1915. One month later Sister Walter embarked on HMAT Orsova in Sydney as a reinforcement for 2 Australian General Hospital. She served with that unit for most of the war, but also saw service with 1 Australian Stationary Hospital (Maadi, Egypt), 2, 23 and 26 General Hospitals (France) during 1916 and 1 Australian Auxillary Hospital (Harefield Park, England) in 1918. She returned to Australia in December 1918 and was discharged in March 1919.