Series 02 Part 08: Frederick Myers WWI memorabilia, 1917-1920

Frederick Myers and Frederick Thornton family papers, 1896-1944

Item 01
A hessian bag, believed to be an unused WWI sand bag

Item 02
Small German hand grenade

Item 03
Part of a copper siren, possibly from a German aerial bomb

Item 04
Two paper knives made from bullets, possibly made by Frederick Myers

Item 05
Wooden spoon possibly made by Frederick Myers

Item 06
Leather wallet given to Fred Myers by Bert, Will and Walter, 3 Feb. 1917, containing 2 purple ribbons, 2 specimens of dried plants, and a cardboard boomerang,  ‘I go out to return’.

Item 07
Australian Comforts Fund writing wallet 

Item 08
Government Savings Bank wallet

Item 09
Leather wallet

Item 10
Wooden box addressed to Mrs J. Myers, containing 6 sets of postcards with views of French and Belgium cities 

Item 11
Cigar box
Containing:
Frederick Myers’s identity disc
Piece of copper, possibly from a large shell
3 bullets
Copper ring
Piece of stained glass
Figurine
Piece of stone with fossilised worm cast
Pieces of pottery and agate
Copper outline of Australia
10 brass buttons, including one Australian Military Force button and four Sapeurs Pompiers buttons
Rising Sun badge
Returned Soldier’s badge
Copper object, horseshoe shaped, possibly made by Fred Myers

Series 02 Part 08: Frederick Myers WWI memorabilia, 1917-1920

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