Numero oggettoM2016/001:014
DescrizioneSeven 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.
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.
Soggettosoldiers, doctors, armed forces
Nome oggettocoins
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- English
