"Chu Berry" model alto saxophone: Private Pretoria Herbert Zanker, 2/43 Battalion

Nickel-plated alto saxophone with a engraved floral descoration on the bell, with "MADE BY / C. G. CONN LTD / ELKHART, IND / USA" centrally placed. This saxophone is a standard brass instrument with nickel plating; a loop on the rear for the neck strap and a separate neck and mouthpiece. The rear of the bell is engraved with the patent date (December 8, 1914) and the serial number "A / M197126 / H". The pads are rubber.

Alto saxophone played by Private Pretoria Herbert Zanker, 2/43 Battalion in the AIF band in the Middle East. Zanker was born on 20 January 1902 at Orroroo, SA, and enlisted at Adelaide on 2 July 1940 with the 2/43 Battalion. After training he embarked for service in the Middle East in December 1940, serving as a stretcher bearer and band member, playing such wartime melodies as "Elmers Tune", "There's Nothing Like Music" and "Comin' in On A Wing and A Prayer", for which his family donated the music. He was wounded at Tobruk on 21 October 1941, served in Syria and was discharged from the AIF on 14 November 1943. According to his family Zanker acquired this alto sax in Australia in 1938.