| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | RELAWM09478 |
| Collection type | Heraldry |
| Object type | Personal Equipment |
| Physical description | Aluminium, Leather, Metal |
| Maker |
Urry, Charles Edward |
| Date made | c 1914-1916 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Identity disc wristband : Private C E Urry, 1Battalion, AIF
Description
Circular aluminium identity disc on a leather wristband with buckle clasp. The disc is impressed and engraved with, '526 C. URRY D B COY 1ST. A. INF CE'.
History / Summary
Asociated with the service of Private C E Urry, 1 Battalion, AIF. Born in 1897 in Sydney, Charles Edward Urry was nineteen years old and working as a carpenter when he enlisted in the AIF on 17 August 1914. At the time he was also a member of the Militia (33 Infantry Regiment). 526 Private C E Urry embarked aboard HMAT Afric in Sydney on 18 October 1914 with B Company of 1 Battalion. After seeing action on Gallipoli and the Somme, Private Urry was killed in action near Ypres, Belgium on 11 September 1916. This identity disc wristband was in the second parcel of his effects sent to his mother after his death. Private Urry's brother, 6169 Private Alfred Thomas Urry served with 19 Battalion, AIF during the war. He returned to Australia in 1919.