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PAIR OF WARTIME BRITISH MADE SLEEVE PATCHES FOR THE EXILED DUTCH ARMY

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Pair: 1914/15 Star and British War medal (missing Victory medal). Both correctly impressed to 1665 PTE S. V. DONNELLY 1/BN A.I.F.

 Pte Donnelly also appears as number 1472

 Emb. 11 February 1915

 WIA. 15 August 1915 (S. W. right arm and leg). Reported as "Dangerously ill" and he is not "out of danger" until 11th October 1915.

 RTA. 24 June 1916 Med Discharge.

 Pte Donnelly was wounded at Lone Pine and a good researcher may be able to connect him to the Victoria Cross actions of either Shout or Keyser of his Unit. Both Victoria Cross actions involved Grenades of which Pte. Donnelly's injuries appear to be.

His wounding is first reported as  the 15th but most likely occurred days prior.

 An important Gallipoli casualty.

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Pair: 1914/15 Star and British War medal (missing Victory medal). Both correctly impressed to 2068 PTE F. A. ROOKE 14/BN AIF

 Emb. 17 April 1915

 12th August 1915 Pte Rooke is taken off the Peninsular with "Septic hands" after Lone Pine and is classed as "Mental"

 RTA 13 December 1915 and discharge for mental reasons

 "every one was in the last stage of exhaustion. Some had not had any sleep since they left reserve gully two days previously. Half of the personnel of the Battalion was killed, wounded or missing" The history of the Fourteenth Battalion A.I.F. by Wanliss

 This soldier was one of "Jacka's Mob" who obviously suffered greatly during the heavy fighting at Lone Pine.

 Important note; Victory Medal was returned to sender and never re-issued.

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Pair: 1914/15 Star and British War medal (missing Victory medal). Both correctly impressed to 2780 PTE F. W. BARKER 2/BN A.I.F. (CPL on War Medal)

Emb. 30th September 1915

Transferred to the 55th Bty 14th Brigade 16th March 1916

WIA. 20th October 1917 (Gassed)

Discharged 6th October 1919

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Pair: 1914/15 Star and British War medal (missing Victory medal). Both correctly impressed to 28 PTE C. E. F. RUSHBROOKE 1/ A. N. & M. E. F. (DVR ON BWM).

 Emb. 11 August 1914 with the AN&MEF expeditionary force to German New Guinea.

 Disc. 4 March 1915

 Re-enlists as number 8779 A with the 4th Light Horse and then 1 & 2 Div. Train

 Emb. 30 Sept. 1915

 WIA. 9 June 1918 (Gas)

 RTA. 6 June 1919

 Charles Rushbrooke was previously a constable in the NSW police, despite this, he continuously gets in trouble and on one occasion was "Offering violence to a person in whose custody he was placed". He also appears to have three nurses writing to him (national archives).

 A nice early number "28" to the AN&MEF

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Pair: 1914/15 Star and British War medal (missing Victory medal). Both correctly impressed to 513 PTE B. BOOKER 27/BN A.I.F.

Previous service: 76^th A.R. (Infantry) two and a half years (still serving on enlistment)

 Emb. 31^st May 1915

Sick: 9^th August 1915 Diarrhoea Gallipoli 

9^th September 1915 sick to Lemnos

Admitted 3^rd London General Hospital 27^th October 1915 diagnosed with Rheumatism

RTA: 19^th January 1916 discharged “Medically Unfit” 4^th M.D.

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Pair: 1914/15 Star and Victory medal (missing British war medal). Both correctly impressed to 618 PTE V. C. RYAN 29/BN A.I.F.

Emb. 10^th November 1915

WIA: 14^th July 1916 (G. S. W. Left elbow) severe

RTA on the 17th March 1917 and was discharged medically unfit due to his wounds.

Note: On the last page of Vincent Charles Ryan’s records is the stamp showing a medal returned in 1923 (and no stamp showing that any medal was re-sent as per regulations). As we are in receipt of the 1914/15 Star and Victory medal, this would imply that the British War Medal was not issued.

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 Pair: 1914/15 Star and Victory medal (missing British war medal). Both correctly impressed to 890 PTE E. J. CHANDLER 11 L. H. R. A.I.F.

 Emb. 24th June 1915 with the 11th Light Horse Regiment

 Returned to Australia 3rd August 1915 classed as medically unfit with no mention as to why?

 Re-enlisted for deployment 12th April 1916, now under service number 4294 with the 57th Bn.

 Transferred to the 5th Div. Salvage Coy on the 10th January 1917

 Private Chandler is accidentally injured "Tibia & Fibula" (ankle) severe on the 4th February 1917 "slipped while carrying bombs". Board of enquiry found him not at fault.

 RTA on the 24th August 1918 and was discharged as medically unfit 20th October 1918. It appears that after his injury, he never quite healed.

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Pair: 1914/15 Star and Victory medal (missing BWM). Both correctly impressed to 1361 PTE W. N. HAMILTON 8 BN AIF

 Pte. Hamilton also appears as number 1348

 Emb. 2 Feb. 1915

 WIA. 8 May 1915 (G. S. W. left leg)

 RTA. 12 December 1915 Medically unfit.

 Pte. Hamilton is recorded as being wounded on the 8th of May 1915 which is where the 8th Battalion was involved in Krithia. An extremely important yet tragic early battle in the Gallipoli campaign.

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Pair: 1914/15 Star and Victory medal (missing BWM). Both correctly impressed to 2781 PTE D. BAMBRIDGE 8 BN AIF

 Emb. 15 Sept. 1915

 WIA. 26 July 1916 (shell shock)

 2nd WIA 9 August 1918 (G.S.W. right arm)

 Disch. 8 April 1919

 Pte Bambridge also served in the short lived 69th Bn AIF

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Pair: 1914/15 Star and Victory medal (missing BWM). Both correctly impressed to 474 PTE (CPL on Victory Medal) H. WEBSTER 16 BN. AIF

 Emb. 22 December 1914. Proceeded to Gallipoli 12 April 1915

 WIA. 11 May 1915 (wounded "upper extremities" and amputated his finger as a result) Quinns Post

 RTA 9 December 1918

 Great early fighting group from the landing to the hugely significant Quinns post.

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Pair: 1914/15 Star and Victory medal (missing BWM). Both correctly impressed to 541 SJT (LIEUT. on Victory medal) H. T. CROUCH 16 BN. A.I.F.

 Emb. November 1914

 WIA 27 April 1915 (G.S.W left leg).

 Promoted 2/LT May 1915 as a result of W. B. Kerr being killed

 RTA 17 March 1916 unfit for duty for 6 months

 Emb. 9 October 1916

 Served in France until his leg wounds became complicated. Classed as "Permanently unfit for duty" 20 August 1917

 Despite this he is not discharged until 10 January 1919.

 Another very interesting group to a casualty in the first few days of the landing  and then on to become an officer.

 Important note; There is a letter in Lt. Crouch's records stating that he lost his BWM in 1938

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Pair: 1915/15 Star and British War Medal (missing the victory medal). Both correctly impressed to 997 SGT T. TURNER 1/BN A.I.F.

 Previous service recorded as "6 years Irish Guards, purchased discharge"

 Emb. 18th October 1914

WIA 6-9 August (G.S.W. Left arm) one record states "Shoulder , Lone Pine 6th Aug. 1915"

Discharged 6th December 1917 as Medically unfit.

Interestingly Sergeant Turner was wounded at the time of the two Victoria Cross actions of Shout and Keyser of the 1st Bn. Both Victoria Cross actions involved Grenades and further research may connect him to these actions.

Sergeant Turner never re-entered the field after being wounded at Lone pine.

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Pair: A Great War 1918 ‘Somme’ M.M. pair awarded to Private P. O’Sullivan, 44th Australian Infantry Battalion, Australian Imperial Force, for single-handedly capturing a machine-gun, an officer and 20 men, during an attack on Hamel, 4 July 1918

Military Medal, G.V.R. (61 Pte. P. O’Sullivan. 44/Aust: Inf:); British War Medal 1914-20 (61 Pte. P. O’Sullivan  44 Bn. A.I.F.)

M.M. London Gazette 1 October 1918. The original recommendation states:

‘On the 4th July 1918 during the attack on Hamel, this man on reaching the final objective saw an enemy machine gun being mounted for action. He immediately rushed forward, bombed and killed the crew and captured the gun. He then bombed the adjacent dugout and captured an Officer and 20 men. During the whole of this operation this man showed conspicuous bravery and set a very high example of devotion to duty to his comrades.’

P. O’Sullivan was born in Warren Island, County Kerry, Ireland. He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force, 10 January 1916, and embarked for France on H.M.A.T. Suevic, 6 June 1916. O’Sullivan served with the 44th Australian Infantry Battalion as part of the 11th Australian Brigade, 3rd Australian Division in the French theatre of war. He was awarded his M.M. for gallantry in operations on the Somme, in particular during the attack on Hamel, 4 July 1918. During the attack on Hamel, 12 German officers and 350 other ranks were captured, together with 20 machine-guns. O’Sullivan’s battalion suffered 22 other ranks killed, 5 officers and 113 other ranks wounded, and 13 other ranks missing.

O’Sullivan returned to Australia in H.T. Plassy in September 1919, and was discharged 10 December 1919.

Note: The BWM was re-united recently (2018) giving hope that the Victory Medal will eventually turn up

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