Shellcase rosebowl: Air Mechanic Albert Edward Hoye, A Flight, 4 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps

Brass rosebowl made from a German artillery shell case. The case retains its circular base, impressed with the following: 'DEZ 1916 st HL 35 HL 6'. The case has been worked to produce a rolled lip and a sharply flared waist. The waist is decorated with punched stipple design, finished with a repeating arc at the top. There is a separate circular cover for the bowl, pierced with a regular pattern of 44 holes and decorated on its outer face with a similar stipple pattern to the waist.

Rosebowl made from a salvaged German brass shell case by 991 Air Mechanic Albert Edward Hoye, A Flight, No 4 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps. Born in Denton, England, Hoye was employed as a coppersmith in Richmond, Victoria when he enlisted at age 37 on 4 January 1917. He embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Omrah on 17 January 1917. He served with the 71st Squadron AFC at Castle Bromwich, Birmingham, and was promoted to Air Mechanic 1st Class in August 1917. He transferred to No. 4 Squadron in France in December 1917 and served the remainder of the war in France. He was admitted to hospital in April 1919 with arsenic poisoning, an occupational-hazard of his trade at the time, and returned to Australia on 6 May 1919.

• Wooden stand for shellcase rosebowl : Air Mechanic Albert Edward Hoye, A Flight, 4 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps