Pocket grooming kit : Corporal G L Trevillian 6 Battalion, AIF

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Accession Number REL30704
Collection type Heraldry
Object type Heraldry
Physical description Cardboard; Linen; Plastic; Metal; Leather
Maker Unknown
Place made United Kingdom
Date made c 1914
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Description

Pocket grooming kit containing a plastic tortoise shell pattern comb and nail groomers. Brown leather covering is impressed with art-deco type designs, and with a lion and unicorn crest on the interior pocket. There is a small silver plate attached to the linen linen which can be engraved with a name. The leather case fastens with a press stud.

History / Summary

Associated with 155 Corporal George Leslie Trevillian of 6 Battalion AIF. He enlisted on 17 August 1914 and was killed in action during the second Battle of Krithia, on Gallipoli, on 8 May 1915. His body was not recovered and he is commemorated on the Cape Helles Memorial.