Second World War Japanese Serial Number Brass Plate as souvenired by Sapper Kingsley Charles MOHR, WX26433

1939 - 1945
Overview

A rectangular brass plate with the observe showing Japanese characters interspersed with numbers within a border while the reverse is unmarked. Each corner shows where screws would have attached the item to the weapon or device.

Details

Details

Registration number
cwa-org-12-2023.14.28
Item type
Material
Width
68 mm
Height or length
35 mm
Depth
1 mm
Weight
8 g
Inscriptions and markings

On front “7569 / 17 / 9” with Japanese characters.

Contextual information

The brass plate was souvenired by Kingsley Charles MOHR (WX26433), who enlisted at Guildford on 9 August 1941. A Sapper in the Australian Mechanical Equipment Company he spent 1495 days on Active Service in Australia and 625 days on Overseas Service from September 1943 – August 1944 and 10 March – 6 December 1945 before being discharged at Karrakatta in Western Australia on 24 January 1946. MOHR had lived in Denmark, Western Australia, before enlisting and returned there after the war.

Place made
Japan
Primary significance criteria
Scientific or research significance
Comparative significance criteria
Interpretive capacity
Well provenanced
Google Maps search term / URL
https://maps.app.goo.gl/gWHZtRH1mm24SAjK8
Last modified
Thursday, 5 February, 2026
Completeness
88
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Japanese Serial Number Brass Plate Second World War
Second World War Japanese Serial Number Brass Plate

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