World War I Trench Art Communion Set with Plaque

World war I trench art by soldiers of the 52nd Battalion, AIF, communion set. with crucifix & two candle stick holders with a plaque, one marked Ypres and 52 & the other Menin gate Memorial Menin gate in Ypres, Western Flanders, Belgium was the gateway of Australian, other Commonwealth & British soldiers to the battlefields in the Ypres salient of 1917, where 36,000 Australian soldiers were killed or wounded. the Menin gate Memorial including. Those Australian soldiers whose bodies were never found. the 52nd Battalion fought in the Ypres salient in 1917 at Messines and polygon wood. the communion set was given to the Chaplain of the 52nd Battalion by soldiers at that Battalion& was taken to Australia after the war. During World War II it was used by an Indian army Chaplain in India & was returned to Perth WA by a member of the Indian army who was later ordained as a church of England Minister (Rev. Geoffrey Devlin). From 1969 to 2014 it was in the possession of another C of E Minister, Rev. Terry Curtis. Collection Dr John Raven, Perth. Height 21.5 cm (crucifix) height 15 cm (candlesticks)