United Kingdom. A First War Gallipoli Campaign Memorial Plaque, 3Rd Battalion, Australian Infantry Aif Hold hinged crown with period added

hinged crown with period added ribbon ring

small loss to black lacquer

Constructed of a blue wool backer bearing a machine-embroidered black and white German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika

above an open-ended wreath and topped by the Victorian crown

John Urquhart

United Kingdom. A First War Gallipoli Campaign Memorial Plaque, 3Rd Battalion, Australian Infantry Aif Hold hinged crown with period added(JOHN MEYRICK ROBERTS). In bronze, very fine. Footnote: 968 Private John Meyrick Roberts was the son of Frederick Diprose Roberts and Jane Roberts of Ruahangate, Whangarel, New Zealand. He was a native of Deloraine, Tasmania, Australia. Private Roberts was with the 3rd Battalion, Australian Infantry AIF when he was killed while in action during the Turkish assault on Owens Gully by the 48th Turkish Regiment, on Wednesday, May 19, 1915, at the age of