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World War I documents dealing with service; postcards, photographs. Princess Mary Christmas tin 1914, containing badges and medals. Small bible issued to troops by Y.M.C.A. - 1914-1919. Certificates of discharge 6 July 1919 of private William John Charles Davies. Address delivered on 4 Nov. 1918 by Monseigneur, the Bishop of Amiens (typescript), in the Church of Long (Somme). Draft of message to officers, NCOs and men of "C" Company, 8th Battalion, 19 Jan. 1919, by Lieut/Col. Mitchell. Certificate issued to W.J.C. Davies 30 July 1919 - of his medical record from 19 Oct. 1916 - 6 July 1919. Words of tunes "The Old Brigade" and "The best school of all". Also a christmas card, 1918, issued by the Australian Comforts Fund, with illustrations by Will Longstaff and A. Pearse. Photographs c. 1915-1919, include portraits, mostly of soldiers in uniform (some identified); scenes of army camp life, including Warrnambool and Sandhill Camp, Warminster, England; of Belgium and France, and of return voyage to Australia on the troopship "City of Poona".