Pair: British war medal and Victory medal impressed to 3131 PTE T. W. LOCKETT 18 BN AIF
Previous service listed as "12 months militia"
Emb: 20th December 1915
Transferred to the 3rd Bn AIF 14th February 1916
WIA: 18th August 1916 "Shell shock"
RTA: 11th May 1919
Note: Comes with Thomas Luckett's issue medal box, Dog tag and returned from active service badge
EF SOLD
Pair: British War Medal and Victory Medal impressed to 3199 Pte. J. C. Robertson 18 Bn. AIF - transfered to ANZAC LT. RAILWAY
emb. 20 Nov.1915 RTA 20 Dec.1918
Gd VF $400
Pair: British War Medal and Victory Medal impressed to 33665 GNR. G. COLLINS 13 - F.A.B. AIF
Emb. 11th May 1917
WIA 27th October 1917 "Gun shot wound face"
RTA 4th September 1919
VF $350
Pair: British war medal and Victory medal impressed to 3393 A-CPL L. E. TAYLOR 46 BN AIF
Emb: 2nd February 1918 with the 39th Bn sports unit "Sportsmen's 1000"
Transferred to the 46th Bn on the 5th June 1918
WIA: 8th August 1918 "GSW Arm"
RTA: 19th April 1919
Note: The Sportsmen's 1000 was a recruiting drive encouraging young men to join with their sporting team. The drive promised the team would stay together and fight together. This group also comes with Laurence Taylor's dog tag.
VF+ SOLD
Pair: British War Medal and Victory Medal impressed to 3396 Cpl. C. W. Harris 53 Bn. AIF
emb. 24 Jan.1917 RTA 14 Sept. 1919
Near VF SOLD
Pair: British War Medal and Victory Medal impressed to 34604 GNR. D. C. ARMSTRONG 4 D.A.C. A.I.F.
Cane Farmer Douglas Cave Armstrong enlisted in Cairns Qld 4th November 1916
Emb: 21st June 1917
Transferred to 11th F. A. Bde 4th November 1917
RTA: 23rd September 1919
Note: Gunner Armstrong applied for his medals in the U.K. in 1939 where he resided at that time.
Good Very Fine $375
Pair: British war medal and Victory medal impressed to 3860 A-SGT F. E. DOCKERY. 51 BN A.I.F.
Previous service stated as “88th Infantry, 1 year 8 months”
Emb. 30th November 1917
Appointed acting Sergeant 17th February 1918 (after time he reverts back his rank ending up a lance corporal)
WIA: 25th April 1918 “G.S.W. Back”
RTA: 18th December 1919
SOLD
Pair: British War Medal and Victory Medal impressed to 3972 PTE G. V. R. WILLIAMS. 22 BN AIF
Emb. 8th February 1916
Accidently injured. 28th March 1917. "scalded left leg"
WIA 4th October 1917 G. S. W. Left shoulder
2nd WIA 19th May 1918 G. S. W. Face
3rd WIA 23rd July 1918 Gassed
4th WIA 12th October 1918 G. S. W Abdomen
RTA 1st July 1919 due to termination of period of enlistment (not medically unfit!)
Not surprisingly with being wounded in action FOUR times Private Williams record states "Died after discharge".
Very impressive service to say the least.
BWM suspender repaired with wire. VF SOLD
Pair: British War Medal and Victory Medal impressed to 4016 Pte. J. Mulqueeny 51 Bn. AIF
emb.30 Nov.1917 RTA 1 May 1919
WIA 25 April 1918 GSW right leg
Near VF SOLD
Pair: British War Medal and Victory Medal impressed to 4456 Pte. T. Clough 8 Bn. AIF
emb. 28 Jan 1916 RTA 5 Jan 1919
1)WIA 16 July 1916 58 Bn. 2) 1. Nov 1918 3) recorded GSW 4.Dec 1918
A nice multi wounded pair.
Near VF $525
Pair: British war medal and Victory medal impressed to 4478 PTE E. L. STEPHENS 1 BN AIF
Previous service listed as "21st INF MILITIA” (2 YEARS) NSW
Emb. 15th January 1916
WIA or injury (?) initially whilst on duty in France 10th May 1916 "To hospital eye trouble" and goes back and forth from duty to hospital because of this injury.
RTA: Discharging NSW in August 1917 "medically unfit" as a result of “defective eyes”
Note: There is an unopened “Vocational Training” file in National Archives (1920). This was a scheme to give selected soldiers training in a trade post war.
Good VF $375
Pair: British War Medal and Victory Medal impressed to 4566 PTE A. L. WOLSTENHOLME 18 BN AIF
Emb. 9 April 1916
WIA 30 May 1918 gassed.
RTA 13 November 1919
Comes with copies of letters from Pte Wolstenholmes widow and family still applying for a widows pension in 1975. The letters state that his cause of death was mustard gassing in 1936. One letter states that he was a Military Medal winner, although there appears to be no mention of this in his records.
VF SOLD
Pair: British War Medal and Victory Medal impressed to 4668 PTE. J. P. ATKINSON 28 BN A.I.F,
emb. 19 November 1916
WIA 3 May 1917 Gun Shot Wound Head
WIA 26th Oct. 1917 Gassed
DOW 31st Oct. 1917 from the above wounding "Died of poisoning"
VF SOLD
Pair: British war medal and Victory medal impressed to 484 PTE W. JONES 8 - BN AIF
Emb. 27th May 1916
Transferred to 8th Bn from the 39th (hence the low service number) 9th September 1916
WIA 20th September 1917 "GSW Rt Buttock Severe" and also shows as "Shrapnel Wound Neck"
Discharged "medically unfit" as a result of the wounding on the 8th May 1918
VF $425
Pair: British war medal and Victory medal impressed to 4892 DVR L. J. RAYMOND 1 ANZ CYC BN AIF (1 CYC. CPS AIF on Victory Medal).
Emb. 7th March 1916 with the 6th Battalion
Transferred to the 1st ANZAC Cyclist Bn. 9th July 1916
RTA: 22nd May 1919 3rd Military District
Note: Victory medal was returned to sender in 1921 and in 1928 a new victory medal was sent out, hence the different unit naming on the Victory Medal (Not a broken group). A rare group to the Cyclist Corps
VF SOLD
Pair: British War Medal and Victory Medal impressed to 5117 DVR S. C. HENDLEY 56 BN AIF
Emb. 1st April 1916
WIA. 8th September 1916. G. S. W. (Left Thigh)
Transferred to 17th BN from the 56th BN 1st April 1917
RTA 1st July 1919
Interesting note: Trade at calling "Jockey"
VF $400
Pair: British war medal and Victory medal impressed to 518 PTE L. G. PRITCHARD 30 BN AIF
Emb. 9th November 1915
Transferred to Machine Gun section 30th Bn
Died of illness France 16th December 1916 (meningitis)
Cemetery details: Ste Marie Cemetery, Le Havre, Haute-Normandie, France
Note: Leslie George Pritchard is also entitled to the 1914/15 Star
VF $450
Pair: British war medal and Victory medal impressed to 5236 PTE E. WALLIS 10 BN AIF
Emb. 25th March 1916
Sprained Left Ankle (Severe) 16th October 1916 "In the field"
Transferred to the 70th Bn (23rd March 1917)
RTA: For home service on the 27th August 1917 due to age.
VF+ $375
Pair: British war medal and Victory medal impressed to 5355 PTE G. B. GAMMON 23 BN AIF
Emb. 1st August 1916
WIA: 11th March 1917 "Gunshot wound spine, severe"
RTA: 24th October 1917 and subsequently discharged "medically unfit" as a result of his wounds
Note: Victory medal was posted out and returned to sender before being re-issued
VF $400
Pair: British War Medal and Victory Medal impressed to 5414 PTE A. R. RODGER 16 BN A.I.F.
Emb. 7 June 1916
On the 20th September 1916 Private Rodger was charged with desertion. He was found not guilty (as a guilty sentence resulted in a firing squad and Australia did not execute its men). His charge was downgraded to "absent without leave" and was sentenced to 2 years hard labour. After he served his time, private Rodger returned to active duty on the front line and was wounded in action.
WIA 8th August 1918 Shrapnel wound (knee)
RTA 11th February 1919
Comes with a newspaper clipping of his death in 1970 and a large original photo.
VF SOLD
Pair: British War Medal and Victory Medal impressed to 5435 Pte. R. D. Moore. 11 Bn. AIF
Emb. 17 April 1916 RTA 13 May 1918
Records show " fractured leg -both bones".
VF $425
Pair: British War Medal and Victory Medal impressed to 5875 Pte. H. H. Knight 27 Bn. AIF
emb.20 Oct 1916 RTA 20 Oct 1917
WIA 18 May 1917 GSW right leg
Complete with three service badges as pictured
Vf $475
Pair: British War Medal and Victory Medal impressed to 6109 Pte. F. L. Macey 3 F.A.B. Pk. Sec. AIF
emb.29 Dec.1916 discharged 19 Dec 1919
VF SOLD
Pair: British War Medal and Victory Medal impressed to 6207 Pte. S. A. Thrower 25 Bn. AIF
emb.27 Oct 1916 Dischared 12 Sept.1919
This soldier was always in trouble doing 12 months hard time
WIA 1 Sept.1918 Shrap.right knee-St.Quenton.
25th Bn. was one of the Bn's that Mutinied to avoid disbandment.
VF SOLD
