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Actions Displays	Remove from selection Add to selection Object numberM2016/001:014 DescriptionSeven coins from the Middle East from Syria, Lebanon and Palestine. The coins could have been collected by Capt Samuels while serving in the area during the Second World War. In his letters home he writes about his visits to these countries. Captain John Harris Samuels served as Regimental Medical Officer of 2/15 Australian Infantry Battalion and was killed in action on 25 October 1942 at the battle of El Alamein while tending to a wounded soldier. Subjectsoldiers, doctors, armed forces Object namecoins Dimensions Language English

Object numberM2016/001:014

DescriptionSeven coins from the Middle East from Syria, Lebanon and Palestine. The coins could have been collected by Capt Samuels while serving in the area during the Second World War. In his letters home he writes about his visits to these countries.

Captain John Harris Samuels served as Regimental Medical Officer of 2/15 Australian Infantry Battalion and was killed in action on 25 October 1942 at the battle of El Alamein while tending to a wounded soldier.

Subjectsoldiers, doctors, armed forces

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