Second World War 'Certificate of Service and Discharge' for Private Charles Frederick JACKMAN, W17457

On front “AAF A17d / (introduced May 1947) / No 2604 / Australian Military Forces / (Citizen Forces) /Certificate of Service and Discharge / This is to certify that / W17457 Private Charles Frederick JACKMAN / 5th Veterinary Hospital / enlisted for service with the Australian Citizen Military Forces / on 27th August 1940 and that he performed Military / Service during the following periods: - / * from 4th November 1940 to 21st January 1941 at / Guildford, W.A. / He was liable to perform Military Service until he was discharged / from the Australian Military Forces on 14th April 1942. / 28th June 1954 … Date / (indecipherable) signature … COLONEL, / Officer in Charge / CENTRAL ARMY RECORDS OFFICE./ Specimen Signature of Member … C.F. Jackman / * Space not to be ruled through. In all other respects this certificate / is issued free from erasures, corrections and interlineations.”. On back “1. In order to guard against impersonation in the event of loss, the holder / of this Certificate must append his signature in the place shown on the / face hereof, at the time of issue. / 2. This Certificate is issued free from erasures, corrections or interlineations. / All blank spaces provide for entry of particulars and not filled in are / ruled through. Signatures are written and rubber stamp signatures / are not genuine. In the event of any doubt arising as to the bona-fides / of the bearer the signature appearing hereon should be carefully / compared with the bearer’s present handwriting. / 3. This Certificate should be kept in a safe place as no duplicate thereof / will be issued, except on surrender of the original and payment of the / prescribed fee. / 4. In the event of irrecoverable loss or destruction of this Certificate, the fact should be reported in writing to the address quoted in the following / paragraph. / Any person who may find this Certificate is required to return it without / delay, in an unstamped envelope to the Records Office at the Military / Headquarters in the nearest Capital City. / 6. This Certificate covers employment in the Australian Citizen Military / Forces only for the duration of which details are entered on the face / hereof. / By authority: AHQ Press – 3720 – 5/47 – 5m”.