Miscellaneous

Lot 3219    SESSION 11 (9.30AM THURSDAY 30TH MARCH)    Miscellaneous

Estimate $150
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $90

AUTOGRAPH ALBUM, (23x18cm) maintained by Aggie Crow of 'Torwood' Riddells Creek between 1906 and 1913 whilst a boarding student at Fintona Ladies College, with many interesting drawings, cartoons and comments from fellow students many of whom came from prestigious local homes and others who served in WWI; the album also includes postcards, newspaper clippings and pre-war written musings from people such as Lt Stanley Joseph Brewer who served in Gallipoli before taking a commission in the Royal Flying Corps; Lt Leslie John Brewer, 37th Battalion who was twice wounded in action; Lt Stirling Alexander McWilliam, 9th Lighthorse, killed in action at Gallipoli, Capt Francis Alwyn Leslie, 4th Pioneer Battalion, killed in action at Pozieres; Lt Douglas 'Doug' Oswald Shiels, 59th Battalion served as an Officer in WWII and is listed in Australia's Who's Who; Capt George Frederick Fitzgerald, 5th Battalion, awarded Military Cross. Pages have all come loose from the spine, tears to edges of some pages, fair - very fine.