Object number
200308.1.9
Title
Sgt Foster RE W/T E. Africa
Description
A khaki coloured wallet owned by Sgt W.H. Foster, annotated on front with his name and unit. Inside are two pockets, one witha hole for a photograph and a plastic cover. Sgt Foster was a member of the wireless section RE and was in South Africa, West Africa and East Africa during WWI. He served first in West Africa and witnessed the destruction of the "Konigsburg" and the death of the celebrated hunter Frederick Courtney Selous before moving to East Africa. After the war Sgt Foster attended a reunion dinner in London where the German Commander in East Africa, Von Lettow-Vorbeck, was present along with General Smuts.
Date
1914 - 1918
Material
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