Australia 9ct WW1 Memorial Fob – Pvt Lindsay Steer 2482

Memorial Fob issued for Private Lindsay Steer, Regimental Number 2482

World War 1 Australian memorial fob, 7.9g 9ct gold, 34mmx28mm with attached loop and suspension. Front a depicts a wreath and within that is an enamelled brown and blue diamond colour patch of the first AIF 27th Infantry Battalion. Around the patch are engraved the words:

SUPREME SACRIFICE
1914 1919
WORLD WAR

Reverse is engraved:

TATIARA SOLDIERS COM/EE
PVT
LINDSAY STEER
FEB 27 1917

Reverse has two marks, 9c and what might be a fleur-de-lis.

Pvt. Linsday Steer service number 2482 & 2482B, was born in Wolseley in eastern South Australia. View Lindsay Steer’s full service record here.. There is a poignant and well researched biography of Lindsay Steer written on the Australian Virtual War Memorial written by François Berthout. Because of this I will not do my normal research into Lindsay. Lest We Forget.

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