Garth photographs and dog tags
Photograph, and Leather dog tags
From a collection of photographs relating to Gordon Garth, sergeant in the RAMC. Always kept in a box, and passed down the family. They include a family photo with his wife ? and his daughter.
Photograph of Gordon Garth, his wife Lottie, and their daughter Beatrice Garth.
Photograph
Medical
Home Front
Gordon Garth
CONTRIBUTOR
Pauline Hunter
DATE
1914 - 1918
LANGUAGE
eng
ITEMS
18
INSTITUTION
Europeana 1914-1918
PROGRESS
METADATA
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Garth Diaries and lock of hair
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These are the notebooks Gordon Garth (Sergeant in the RAMC) carried with him, and perhaps were kept safe in the leather wallet that survives. They have an account of going into Germany, aerial warfare, bombardments, etc. and full of detail. The notebooks include a lock of hair, from Garth's daughter. Gordon Garth was born 1885, and married Jane Oddie in 1908. Their daughter was Beatrice Garth was born in 1908. || 2 diaries, pencil, autograph, lock of hair. || || Gordon Garth || Artillery || Transport || Diary || Trench Life
John J. Looby’s “dog tag”
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A dog tag or identity disc with John J. Looby AIF KOFC, Paris, written on it. || John J. Looby was my maternal granduncle and he fought in WWI. I inherited the “dog tag” I have with me today from my mother, who divided her valuables with my sister and me before she passed away, on the advice of a friend. I had always been fascinated by this “dog tag”, and my sister agreed I should have it. It was something a soldier wore around his neck during the Great War to identify him. The “dog tag” or identity disc here has his name on one side, and the letters AIF KOFC written on the flip side along with the location – Paris. We have recently established as far as possible that AIF stands for (First) Australian Imperial Force and that KOFC is for Knights of Columbus. I don’t know what happened to my granduncle and would be most interested to find out. The key may be in the National Archives of Australia where the Australian Imperial Force records are held. || || John J. Looby's dog tag or identity disc || John J. Looby's dog tag or identity disc with the initials AIF and KOFC Paris || John J. Looby || Trench Life