In the centre of the item there is a photograph of Edward Tobin with the 2nd Battalion Royal Irish symbol in the background and foreground. On the right hand side of the image there is a commemoration document which gives personal information about Edward Tobin. This document gives information about Switzerland's involvement in World War I and World War II. This document also gives the location of the grave sites of soldiers across Switzerland. On the left hand side there is an image of a headstone which honours the soldiers who are buried in Vevey cemetery in Switzerland. This document also gives personnel information about Edward Tobin.

This is the first page of James Murphy's letter home from Australia to his mother. It was written in an army camp in Perth on the 12th of October 1915. The first page indicates that his mother does not agree with her son going to fight in the war and James explains his reasons for joining. He is fighting to stop Ireland and Australia from falling under German control and writes of how the Germans would take all of the people's possessions and land and how they will become the Germans servants whether they swear allegiance or not. He then goes on to write about the attitude towards a single man who does not go to fight in the war.

On the last page of the letter, James states that he and approximately 2,500 other soldiers would be leaving for Egypt on the 25th of October. He promises to send the family his regimental number and his new addresses. He assures his mother that he is in good spirits.