Rugby football used by Australian troops in matches played in 1917.

Leather cover of a Rugby football used by Australian troops in matches played before either the first or second battle of Gaza in 1917. The ball was retained by 2742 Sergeant Basil Lanser, who is said to have served with both 1 Australian Light Horse Regiment and the Australian Provost Corps in the Middle East. Lanser, who was born in the United Kingdom, spent some years in Australia before and after the First World War, but eventually returned to the UK, where he died in the 1930s.