| Place | Oceania: Australia |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | AWM2020.22.293 |
| Collection number | PR89/056 |
| Collection type | Digitised Collection |
| Record type | Folder |
| Item count | 1 |
| Object type | Souvenir, Manuscript |
| Physical description | 53 Image/s captured |
| Maker |
Rats of Tobruk Association Various |
| Place made | Australia |
| Date made | 1941-1956 |
| Conflict |
Period 1950-1959 Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copying Provisions | Digital format and content protected by copyright. |
| Source credit to | This item has been digitised with funding provided by Commonwealth Government. |
Folder 2 of 4 - Service sheets and manuscripts relating to the life and military service of Corporal John Hurst "Jack" Edmondson, 1941-1956
Description
Papers of Maude Elizabeth Edmondson relating to the life and Second World War service of NX15705 Corporal John Hurst "Jack" Edmondson, 2/17 Battalion, Australia and Libya, 1916-1956.
Wallet 3 of 4 contains four folders.
Folder 2 of 4 contains various items collected by Corporal Edmondson’s mother, Maude Elizabeth Edmondson from 1941-1956. Collection contains an order of service for a Requiem Eucharist held in honour of Corporal John Hurst Edmondson at Saint John’s Church, Wagga Wagga on 21 December 1941; two copies of a programme dated 27 June 1942 for the unveiling of the J. H. Edmondson, VC., Memorial at Edmondson’s alma mater, Hurlstone Agricultural High School; an order of service for the Anzac Dawn Ceremony of Remembrance conducted by the Liverpool Sub-branch of the Returned Sailors’, Soldiers’ and Airmen’s Imperial League of Australia, 25 April 1950; and an order of service for the Cenotaph Service of Commemoration hosted by The Rats of Tobruk Association NSW Branch at Martin Place, Sydney, 11 April 1954.
Collection also contains a manuscript of an address dated 27 June 1942 entitled “Late Corporal J. H. Edmondson, VC” by George Fraser Longmuir that was presented at the unveiling of the Edmondson memorial at Hurlstone Agricultural High School, and a typescript of an address given in memory of Corporal John Hurst Edmondson by Athol Thomas on 28 October 1955.
Collection also contains an annotated extract from the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette issued with Australian Army Orders, dated 31 December 1941, pages 1083-1091.