Germany, Third Reich. An Honour Cross of the German Mother, Gold Grade with Case, by C.F. Zimmermann Republic of where he was admitted to

where he was admitted to 4th London Hospital

The Battalion was raised in Toronto with mobilization headquarters at Camp Valcartier

for which the citation read

the impressed naming on the edge obscured but the service number "1477" legible

he returned to Australia aboard the SS Strathallan on February 16

Germany, Third Reich. An Honour Cross of the German Mother, Gold Grade with Case, by C.F. Zimmermann Republic of where he was admitted to(Ehrenkreuz der Deutschen Mutter in Gold mit Etui). Constructed of gilded bronze with multi coloured enamels, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Latin Cross with its arms joined through the quadrants by stylized rays, the obverse with blue and white enameled arms, bearing a central white enameled disc overlaid by a black swastika, circumscribed by an inscription of DER DEUTSCHEN MUTTER (TO THE GERMAN MOTHER), the