Australian World War 1 Navy Identity Tag – HENRY WHITLEY 1916 HMAS BRISBANE

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Ex Roxbury Auction 108, Lot 376.

Made from British crown with obverse neatly lathed out and stamped with:

HENRY R. WHITLEY
CANTEEEN 1916
H.M.A.S. BRISBANE

Holed for suspension.

Unable to find any service records for HENRY WHITLEY. However a search of Trove confirmed such a person was serving on the HMAS Brisbance in 1916. The below is recorded in the NSW Police Gazette of 15 November 1916:

Balmain.—Stolen, between the hours of 5 and 10.15 p.m. the 7th instant, from a cabin on H.M.A.S. “Brisbane” then lying at Cockatoo Island, the property of Henry Whitley, an officer on board.

Coin Information

Reference Number:C122101
Country:Australia
Year:1916

References

Trove – NSW Police Gazette 15 November 1916

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