Militaria

Lot 4683    Session 17 - (11:30am Friday 3rd August)    Militaria

Estimate $500
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $700

1 AUSTRALIAN WIRELESS SQUADRON MEMORABILIA, a collection of photos and documents, belonging to G.A.Parker, 1 AWS, includes large photo album with gold blocked title, 'Mesopotamia/G.A.Parker/1916-'19', features over 180 photos all identified; Dinner Menu for First Australian Wireless Sqdn, Baghdad Xmas 1918, with autographs on back; Annual Dinner menu for Mesopotamian Units Association, 1921 to commemorate the fall of Baghdad, with autographs on back; various other menus and documents, many with autographs; Aust & NZ Mesopotamian Units Association Grand Re-Union Brochure, 1950, showing Gilbert Parker as General President, and with a list of all participants and their unit; a printed Welcome Home paper napkin for Sapper Gilbert A.Parker and another for L/Cpl Norman T.McDonell 1st Aust Wirelss Sqdn 1916-1919; sheet music for The Baghdad Trot, dedicated to Anzac Wireless Squadron, composed by W.J.D.Currie and on the cover is a personalised message to G.A.Parker and signed by the composer, W.J.Currie, New Zealand, also endorsed on inside, 'To Gil from Bill' and once again signed by the composer; Certificate of Discharge for Gilbert Alexander Parker; various other photos and documents relating to war service; also a typed book manuscript 90pp with c50-60,000 words and titled 'Black Ruins', by Gilbert A.Parker, an Australian bush-life tale of a gallant deed 'performed by one of her most noble daughters'. An historic and rare collection of items relating to 1 Australian Wireless Squadron, very good - very fine. (lot)

Gilbert Alexander Parker (Service No.16027), tailor's cutter, age 19, born at Bunbury, WA; Enl.07Jun1916 at Melbourne, Vic with previous service in Senior Cadets and Citizens Forces with 26th Div Sig Coy Engrs; Emb.22Aug1916; RTA 13Apr1919 from Bombay; Disch.27Jul1919 as Medically Unfit.