Small glass jar with screw top metal lid with contents of eleven small white dried beans and a two page paper letter from World War One on YMCA letterhead dated Tuesday 11th April, Albany, 1916. Letter reads:
[page 1]
'Dear Friend/Would you the finder of this /message be so kind as to write + let our/ people know that you found this small /+ say that we are having a grand time/+ in the best of health + on our way to Egypt./ By doing so friend we should be very / grateful + only too pleased to hear from / you saying you have found it also we / may have the pleasure of thanking you / again.
Hoping this should prove successful / also thanking you again for your kindness. / We Remain/Yours Sincerely/Four of the Toys/Our respective addresses are over the page/ HC"
[page 2]
"Pvte H. Coxon/No 5363 17th Rfls 8 Battalion A.I.F./Australian Intermediate Base Egypt/Pvte address Mother 185 Hoddle St Abbotsford, Melb. Vict./Pvte R. Swift/No. 5458 17th Rfls 8 Battalion A.I.F./Australian Intermediate Base Egypt/Pvte address MotherProspect Grove Northcote, Melb. Vict./Pvte J. V. Brown/No. 5489 17th Rfls 8 Battalion A.I.F./Australian Intermediate Base Egypt/Pvte address Mother 915 Sturt St Ballarat Victoria/Corp. H. E. Williams/ No. 18002nd Rfls 57th Battalion A.I.F./Australian Intermediate Base Egypt/Pvte address Mother74 Palmer St Collingwood Melb. Victoria/coachbuilder/From Four of the Toys/who will try and do their best HC'
The letter was hand-written in blue ink on letterhead supplied by the Y.M.C.A. in Melbourne 'On Active Service with the Australian Imperial Forces'
Department:
History DepartmentCollection
History Collection
Collection Item Data
| Accession Number: | H2014.138 |
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| Accession Date: | 22 Jan 2015 |
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| Acquisition Year: | 2014 |
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