Hospital ship embarkation ticket : Trooper E V Finster, 13 Light Horse Regiment, AIF

Places
Accession Number REL25040
Collection type Heraldry
Object type Heraldry
Physical description Cardboard
Maker Unknown
Place made United Kingdom
Date made c 1917
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Description

Brown cardboard ticket stub printed in black on one side with 'Upper Berth Case / To be attached to../ Signature', over which has been stamped within a blue oval 'No.2 ..... COMMAND DEPOT / A.M.C. / 20 JUL, 1917/ No..../ WEYMOUTH'. On the other side is 'A.I.F. / Hospital...../ Date...../ No. 1912 / Rank Tpr. / Regt. 13th L.H. / Name Finster EV. / Recommendation Contusion back'.

History / Summary

Associated with 98 Private Eugene Vogel Finster, 2 Field Ambulance and 13 Light Horse Regiment, AIF. He enlisted on 19 August 1914. He was involved in the German mine explosion at Bapaume late in March, 1917, which destroyed the Town Hall. Wounded, he returned to Australia on 22 July 1917 and was discharged on 30 October 1917.