Summary
Identity or sweetheart bracelet from World War I, cut out of a single piece of brass, probably a shell casing, in the shape of Australia. The bracelet is inscribed '3911 PTE. V. R. SEDGWICK AUST. CORPS CYCLIST BATT.' Victor Robin Sedgwick, from Hilton, South Australia, was 18 years old, just 5' 4 1/2" (164 cm) tall and working as a joiner when he enlisted on 25 August 1915. He needed his parents' permission to enlist, and selected his mother Mrs Rebecca Sedgwick of Davenport Terrace, Hilton, as his next of kin.
Victor embarked 7 February 1916 from Adelaide on the HMAT Miltiades at the rank of Acting Corporal. He was sent to Egypt then onto England, and served in France. He was fortunate to escape serious injury, and was only hospitalized for a period of sickness in France in 1918. He returned to Australia on 4 June 1919.
Physical Description
Bracelet cut out of a single piece of brass, featuring the crude shape of Australia with an inscription within. Both ends of the thin bracelet arms end in loops - one holds a wire fastener, and the other receives the wire.
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Date Made
Private Victor R. Sedgwick - Australian Imperial Force (AIF), 1915-1919
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Davenport Terrace, Hilton, Greater Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Probably Private Sedgwick's home, and certainly the home of his parents, during World War I -
Inscriptions
Inscribed within outline of Australia: '3911 / PTE. V. R. SEDGWICK / AUST. CORPS CYCLIST / BATT.'
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Overall Dimensions
64 mm (Width), 50 mm (Depth), 31 mm (Height)
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Keywords
Military Memorabilia, Keepsakes, World War I, 1914-1918, Jewellery, Bracelets