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Commemorative Note to Accompany the 1967 ANZAC Medallion

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Commonwealth of Australia

1967

Overview

Single page commemorative note on cream coloured paper, with top of page is the Australian Coat of Arms in blue with italic print below.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-12-2025.2.19

Item type

Letters

Themes

War and Conflict > World War 1

Material

Printing Paper

Width

127 mm

Height or length

203 mm

Weight

1 g

Inscriptions and markings

“In / commemoration of the heroic deeds / of the men of / ANZAC / at / GALLIPOLI in 1915 / and / in recognition of the great debt / owed by all Australians. / with the compliments of / the Government of / the Commonwealth of Australia.”

Contextual information

Raymond Parker WARBURTON was employed as an Electrical Engineer on board the HMAT A4 Pera, a transport ship owned by P&O London, which was leased by the Commonwealth during the First World War. Raymond was employed on 1/12/1915 in London, although he officially boarded the HMAT Pera in Melbourne on the 18/10/1914 and sailed to Albany Western Australian, where the first convoy amassed in King George Sound and departed on the 01/11/1914.
The Pera was torpedoed and sunk on the 19/10/1917, and later Raymond was transferred unto the ship, ‘SS Shropshire’. Raymond was discharged on the 13/06/1919 at Sydney, Australia.
This commemorative note is part of the collection of Raymond WARBURTON’s personal items. The note would have accompanied a ‘1967 Gallipoli Medallion, a bronze medallion issued to surviving veterans or their next of kin, in commemoration on the 50th Anniversary of the Gallipoli Campaign.

Keywords

Gallipoli Campaign

First World War

Place made

Canberra, Australia

Year

1967

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