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Australia Named Pre WW1 Sterling Silver Presentaion Spoon with Rising Sun
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A$250.00
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Description
Australia Named Pre WW1 Sterling Silver Presentaion Spoon. Hall marked sterling silver desert spoon with a large hand chisel cut engraved rising sun to the bowl of the spoon and to the handle ' S.R.C WA Presented by Lieut Spurge Won By SSM F Rissmann 21/8/12'. Cyril Herman SPURGE Date of birth 15 September 1877 Marital status Married Age at embarkation 37 Next of kin Wife, Mrs C H Spurge, 1 Strathcona Street, West Perth, Western Australia Enlistment date 28 August 1914 Rank on enlistment Captain Unit name Field Artillery Brigade 2, Battery 5 AWM Embarkation Roll number 13/30/1 Embarkation details Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board Transport A9 Shropshire on 20 October 1914 Rank from Nominal Roll Lieutenant-Colonel Unit from Nominal Roll 1st Division Artillery Promotions Major Unit: 4th Division Artillery Promotion date: 20 January 1916 Fate Returned to Australia 15 June 1919 Medals Croix de Guerre (Belgium) Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 91 Date: 23 July 1919