Lot 4402

Description

Small bible carried in WWI, in tin case (51x36mm) with red board insert containing a window to display title, 'Holy Bible', inside bible is written, 'Elsie Hind/Beauchamp Rd/Matraville/Sydney.NSW/Australia' and 'Private/R.G.Hind/6th Reif 18th Batt.' Bible with single pin piercing from back cover mostly throughout and some ink scribble, otherwise overall fine.

Raymond George Hind, tanner, age 18, born Redfern, Sydney, NSW; Enl.09Aug1915; 12Dec1915 fractured tibia and fibula when a donkey he was riding in Cairo slipped and fell down on him; RTA for treatment 21Feb1916; declared fit for duty 24Mar1916; Emb.09Apr1916; KIA 15Nov1916 France; buried at Longueval Road British Cemetery on the Somme. With research.