Kitbag : Warrant Officer Class II C Love, Royal Corps of Australian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

Brown lightweight canvas kitbag, with eight aluminium eyelets around the opening and an internal flap. The flap was used to secure the contents when the bag was drawn shut. The drawstring is missing from this kitbag. The bottom of the bag has a reinforced boot. Painted onto the side of the bag is '2/1323 / WOII LOVE, C. / ROYAL MILITARY / COLLEGE / DUNTROON / A.C.T. / AUST. / MELB. / MFO / JK9021/1/1'.

Painted on the bottom of the bag is '2/1323 / LOVE, C.' over which has been stuck a paper transport label. This label is badly damaged, but it gives the partial date of deployment overseas '19/2/'. The unit '16 INF W/S' is also visible.

Associated with the service of Warrant Officer Class II Cecil Love who was born in Sydney on 16 October 1921. Love volunteered for service in the Second AIF on 12 July 1943. He was posted to the engineers with the service number NX201803 and served primarily in the Sydney area.

After the war, Love enlisted into the regular army and he was allocated the new service number, 21323. He was promoted to corporal on 6 January 1947 and to staff sergeant on 1 February 1950.

He went on to serve as a temporary warrant officer class II in Korea in 1953 with the 16th British Commonwealth Infantry Workshop as a member of the Royal Corps of Australian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (RAEME) from 19 February to 18 July. After his return to Australia he was discharged on 7 September 1953.