Presentation watch fob: Allan Henderson Hislop

Nine carat gold presentation watch fob in the shape of the letter 'Q' with a voided kangaroo in the centre. Stamped around the top of the fob is 'Q.R.F.L'. The leg of the 'Q' is engraved '1915'. The reverse of the fob is stamped with the maker's details and 'BLUE STAR F. C A.H.HISLOP' with '4th Gr. Jr Premiers' engraved in the centre.

Associated with the life of Allan Henderson Hislop. Hislop was born in St Mary's on 6 October 1895, the fourth of five children and only son of David and Annie Hislop. In 1915 he played in the Queensland Rugby Football League with the 4th grade juniors for which he received this presentation fob.

He was a tailors cutter on enlistment in 25 Battalion, 10 Reinforcements on 4 September 1915 aged 19. He had previously seen three years service in the Militia.

Leaving Australia for overseas service on 29 March 1916, Hislop disembarked at Marseilles on 5 June. He was appointed acting corporal on 24 June but reverted to private on 16 July when he joined his battalion in the field. He was appointed lance corporal on 17 July.

On 29 July 1916, Hislop was reported missing during the 25th Battalion's first attack on Pozieres. He was confirmed as a prisoner of war on 30 August. Hislop had arrived at Gottingen Prisoner of War Camp in Germany on 7 August and was admitted to the camp hospital suffering wounds to his left hand and thigh. Hislop's left hand was amputated but he developed numerous abscesses on his body and passed away from an abscess to his heart at 8.30am on 18 October 1916.

Originally buried in the neighbouring Gottingen Military Cemetery, Hislop was relocated to Niederzwehren Cemetery in 1924 when four permanent Commonwealth cemeteries were established to house the graves of servicemen who had died in Germany.