CANBERRA, ACT. 1948-11-18. EXTERIOR OF THE SILVER MOUNTED CIGAR AND CIGARETTE BOX, CAPTURED FROM ...

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Accession Number 133758
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Sutton, (given names unknown)
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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CANBERRA, ACT. 1948-11-18. EXTERIOR OF THE SILVER MOUNTED CIGAR AND CIGARETTE BOX, CAPTURED FROM THE JAPANESE, WHICH BEARS THE CREST OF THE ROYAL ARTILLERY. THIS BOX WAS ORIGINALLY PRESENTED TO THE OFFICERS OF THE 4TH REGIMENT OF HEAVY ARTILLERY, IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, BY LIEUTENANT (LATER LIEUTENANT COLONEL) W. A. MOORE, ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY, IN COMMEMORATION OF HIS ATTACHMENT TO THE REGIMENT FOR SIX MONTHS IN 1908. IT WAS CAPTURED FROM THE JAPANESE BY THE 24TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION AT HARI CROSSING, SOUTHERN BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-06, AND LATER PRESENTED BY THE BATTALION ASSOCIATION TO THE AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL.