Folding knife, fork and spoon set : Trooper V R Geyle, 1 Light Horse Field Ambulance, AIF

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Accession Number REL30292
Collection type Heraldry
Object type Personal Equipment
Physical description Aluminium; Steel; Nickel-plated steel
Maker Harrison Brothers & Howson
Place made United Kingdom
Date made c 1914-1918
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Description

Steel and aluminium folding knife, fork and spoon set, The set is comprised of three separate folding utensils which fit together to form a small 'pocket knife' style kit.

History / Summary

Used by 19138 Trooper Vincent Richard Geyle, 1 Light Horse Field Ambulance, AIF. Geyle, a Victorian, was born in 1895 and enlisted in the AIF in July 1917. Sailing from Sydney with Australian Army Medical Corps reinforcements aboard the 'Wiltshire' in February 1918, he spent a lengthy period at Ismailia in Egypt, before transferring to 1 LH Field Ambulance in June. He served with this unit for the remainder of the war, but was evacuated to hospital in Cairo in early 1919, suffering from dysentery. Geyle returned to Australia aboard the 'Karoa' and was discharged in April of that year. He died in February 1969.