A very special SOTD, a very special British Aristocrat #15

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Mark1966

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I grabbed a new razor today for my shaves this week -



As it happened it is a lovely #15 from the collection. It is engraved as you can see here -



To C Ladiges
From Mignon Hosiery Pty Ltd
On enlistment in A.I.F.
24.4.41​
A bit of research turns up

LADIGES CLIFFORD GEORGE : Service Number - VX54292 : Date of birth - 27 Jun 1919 : Place of birth - DAYLESFORD VIC : Place of enlistment - ROYAL PARK VIC : Next of Kin - LADIGES F

His service history records here.

From what I can read, hard to decipher the writing, he was sent to the Middle East and injured, wounded in action, which required partial amputation of his foot.

Some further research indicates that he died in 1963
Father: Frederick Christopher Ladiges
Mother: Mary Elizabeth (Mary) Howard

Born 27/6/1919 Daylesford
Certificate Number 18538
Source: Victoria, Australia Birth Index, 1836-1920.

Died 1963 Heidelberg Victoria (Although the Natiional Archives record Year of Death - 1962; Crematorium - Fawkner VIC)

Certificate Number 00930
Source: Victoria Australia Death Index, 1836 - 1985

A photo of him from his enlistment records -



May he rest in peace.
 
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That's a real historical razor! There can't be many where you can find such detail of the original owner.
 
Sticky said:
That's a real historical razor! There can't be many where you can find such detail of the original owner.
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I've got a couple like this. There is the story of another on my website here.
 
Great history and a beautiful razor belong together.
Would love to have my grandfather's razors though I think he was just using a tech from old photos.
 
The gent was most probably wounded at El Alamein as he served with 2/3 Pioneer Battalion which, between July and November 1942, was present at that location.
Pioneer Battalions, then consisted of an HQ and four Companies, and undertook minor combat engineering tasks to free trained engineers for more complex tasks. Four Pioneer Battalions were raised during the second World War; one to each of the 2 AIF’s four infantry divisions.

"Lest we forget."
 
Further research leads to his ancestors:
Hans Hinrich LADIGES was born around 1790 and married Anna LUDERS.
Child: Dittmar LADIGES (b. 05 Aug 1810, d. 03 Jun 1887
married Elizabeth WITT (b. 13 Oct 1812, d. 09 Feb 1891)
Child: Herman LADIGES [1] (b. 1840, Holm Hostein d. 02 Feb 1918)
married Eliza Emma HINES [2] (b. 19 Sep 1852, d. 08 Oct 1931)
Children:
Ernest Dittmer LADIGES (b. 1870, d. 05 Dec 1925)
Conrad Henry LADIGES (b. 27 Apr 1873, d. 08 Nov 1904)
Herman William LADIGES (b. 13 Mar 1876, d. 22 Sep 1953)
Frederick Christopher LADIGES [3] (b. 1877) (your soldier's father)
Dora Alice LADIGES (b. circa 1880)
Alfred Joseph LADIGES (b. 02 May 1882, d. 25 Dec 1891)
Emma LADIGES (b. 18 Dec 1884)
Eliza Matilda LADIGES (b. 21 Oct 1888)
Lizzie Ellen LADIGES (b. 21 Oct 1888, d. 17 Nov 1888)
Lucy Ellen LADIGES (b. 17 Oct 1891, d. 29 Dec 1964)

[1] In 1861, Herman LADIGES arrived in Australia aboard "Dorothea". Buried Daylesford Cemetery. "Holstein" is the German State of "Schleswig Holstein"
[2] Daughter of James HINES and Eliza MATHEWS
[3] Excerpt from "The Daylesford Advocate", 21 Mar 1914 edition: QUOTE ... At a meeting held at Leonard's Hill, for the purpose of forming a State School Committee, to hold office for three years, the following gentlemen were elected: Chairman, Cr. J. Wilkie; Correspondent, Mr J. C. Gamble, 5 Messrs; W Ross, A Easton, J McAndrew, F. Ladiges, D. Holmes. ... END QUOTE

Frederick Christopher LADIGES (b. 14 or 17 Nov 1877, Leonard's Hill, Daylesford) d. 10 Jan 1947, Daylesford and Mary Elizabeth (m.s. HOWARD) LADIGES (b. 25 April 1878, Telegraph Sawmills, Eganstown, Victoria d. unknown) had 9 children; John (b. 1917 d. 1918), Leslie Francis, Stanley John, Frederick Christopher and 5 others.

If his father did not die until 1947, why did he nominated, at enlistment, his mother as NOK? Family split perhaps?
 
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Great work @Becephalus !!!!

That is sensational further information.
 
@Mark1966 Your excellent post inspired me to retrieve one of my sets from short term storage: a Gillette New Improved (Made in England) which was presented to an unknown figure on behalf of the "Albury & District Patriotic & War Fund."

I've always wondered whether razor and case are a mismatch, as the New Improved line was released in the 1920s and that style of case was more likely to be paired with one of the pricier NEWs or Aristocrats from the 1930s. Nevertheless, it's a wonderful piece of Australian history and I will continue to keep it exactly as I found it.

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huntereyes_ said:
@Mark1966 Your excellent post inspired me to retrieve one of my sets from short term storage: a Gillette New Improved (Made in England) which was presented to an unknown figure on behalf of the "Albury & District Patriotic & War Fund."

I've always wondered whether razor and case are a mismatch, as the New Improved line was released in the 1920s and that style of case was more likely to be paired with one of the pricier NEWs or Aristocrats from the 1930s. Nevertheless, it's a wonderful piece of Australian history and I will continue to keep it exactly as I found it.

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Very nice mate!
 
Upon reviewing my input regarding LADIGES' ancestors:
Note [1], "Holstein" is the German State of "Schleswig Holstein", and
Note [3] should be placed against Frederick Christopher LADIGES (b. 1877), not Herman William LADIGES (b. 13 Mar 1876).
Apologies.
 
Becephalus said:
Upon reviewing my input regarding LADIGES' ancestors:
Note [1], "Holstein" is the German State of "Schleswig Holstein", and
Note [3] should be placed against Frederick Christopher LADIGES (b. 1877), not Herman William LADIGES (b. 13 Mar 1876).
Apologies.
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Updated - thanks :)
 
Mark1966 said:
I grabbed a new razor today for my shaves this week -



As it happened it is a lovely #15 from the collection. It is engraved as you can see here -



To C Ladiges
From Mignon Hosiery Pty Ltd
On enlistment in A.I.F.
24.4.41​
A bit of research turns up

LADIGES CLIFFORD GEORGE : Service Number - VX54292 : Date of birth - 27 Jun 1919 : Place of birth - DAYLESFORD VIC : Place of enlistment - ROYAL PARK VIC : Next of Kin - LADIGES F

His service history records here.

From what I can read, hard to decipher the writing, he was sent to the Middle East and injured, wounded in action, which required partial amputation of his foot.

Some further research indicates that he died in 1963
Father: Frederick Christopher Ladiges
Mother: Mary Elizabeth (Mary) Howard

Born 27/6/1919 Daylesford
Certificate Number 18538
Source: Victoria, Australia Birth Index, 1836-1920.

Died 1963 Heidelberg Victoria (Although the Natiional Archives record Year of Death - 1962; Crematorium - Fawkner VIC)

Certificate Number 00930
Source: Victoria Australia Death Index, 1836 - 1985

May he rest in peace.
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A beautiful razor and a bonus knowing abit from the past.
 
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