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Shire of Toodyay > Records

WALLET & CONTENTS, C1919

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c. 1919

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Overview

Wallet & contents from c1919, some documentation indicating ownership by Trooper Hughie Robinson of Toodyay.
a) pigskin leather wallet with silver ends designed to fold in half with pockets on both sides and press-stud fastener
Contents of wallet
b) identity card with hand written details i.n.o. HL Robinson
c) printed business card
d) 1915 printed pocket calendar, small card
e) penny stamp
f) Turkish (?) stamp, larger than the penny stamp, adhered to the inside of one of the wallet's pockets
g) torn piece of paper with handwritten verse
h) 1919 printed pocket calendar, booklet
i) small animal bone
j) small sepia photograph of two older gentlemen seated with walking sticks & hats

Historical information

Passed on to donor by elderly friend - no personal connection to original owner.
Original Owner Hugh Lovett Robinson, b1892 d1967, Cpl 459 10th Light Horse Regiment was a Toodyay Resident and served abroad 9/12/1914 and returned to Australia 10/7/ 1919. Son of William Robinson, Blacksmith and Farmer, of Newcastle.

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cwa-org-37-2015.7a,j

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Width

19 cm

Height or length

15.5000 cm

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Shire of Toodyay

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