Medals

P42 Single: QUEENS SOUTH AFRICA 1899 five clasps: “CC, OFS, T, 01, 02”. Impressed 5528 Bglr. P. Rolt, Rl. Irish Rif.                                    

P41 Single: QUEENS SOUTH AFRICA 1899 five clasps: “CC, OFS, T, 01, 02”. Impressed 7671 Cpl. P. Pattison, North’d Fus.                                                               

 Near EF $345

P40 Single: QUEENS SOUTH AFRICA 1899 six clasps: “Belmont, MR, D, JoB, DH, Belfast”.

Impressed 8199 Pte. C. H. Taylor, Coldstream Guards.                             

 Near EF $650

P39 Trio: 1914/15 Star, British War and Victory Medal all correctly impressed to 253 T-CQM (PTE on star) H. R. VINCENT 10/BN AIF.

Previous Service noted as “WA Volunteers 2 years”

EMB: 20th Oct 1914

Wounded in Action 30^th April 1915 Gallipoli (“Gun Shot Wnd Foot”)

Invalided to Australia discharging 5^th July 1916

Re-enlisted 3^rd July 1917 as service number 8248 with the Tunnelling reinforcements.

Embarked second occasion on the 26^th November 1917 with 2^nd Australian Tunnelling Coy

RTA: 28^th July 1919

   UNCIRCULATED $950

P38 Trio: 1914/15 Star, British War and Victory Medal all correctly impressed to 1365 PTE J. B. JEFFERIES 9/BN AIF.

Previous Service noted as “Royal Navy 12 years”

Occupation on enlistment Fireman

EMB: 13^th February 1915

Joined Battalion on Gallipoli 6th May 1915

Wounded in Action 23^rd July 1916 France (G.S.W.)

Killed in action 27^th Decvember 1916 in France.

Joseph Benjamin Jefferies is buried at Bulls Road Cemetery, Flers, Picardie, France

  UNCIRCULATED $1100

P37 Trio: 1914/15 Star, British War and Victory Medal all correctly impressed to 1719 PTE F. C. BOLTON 9/BN AIF.

EMB: 8^th April 1915

Joined Battalion on Gallipoli 26th April 1915

Killed in action 23^rd July 1916 in France.

A Red Cross file exists for Frederick Charles Bolton with letters from his family enquiring about his whereabouts which a board of enquiry concluded; “Killed in action 23-7-16 previously reported missing”.

Remembered on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France

  VF+ $1100

P35 Trio: 1914/15 Star, British War and Victory Medal all correctly impressed to 655 PTE N. S. DUNCAN 6/BN AIF.

Initially enlisted as Douglas Sinclair Duncan

Previous Service stated as “3 years School Cadets”

EMB: 19^th October 1914

Wounded in action at Cape Helles Gallipoli 8^th May 1915 “bullet through chest”

Invalided to Australia discharging 2^nd June 1916

Re-enlisted 4^th June 1916 as service number 2297 Norman Sinclair Duncan with the 39^th Battalion

Embarked second occasion on the 20^th October 1916

Reduced to ranks and Detention for 6 months on the 7^th July 1917 after accepting money to absent a soldier from parade

Discharged from Detention 8^th December 1917

Committed to H. M. Prison Shepton Mallett 9^th October 1918 for theft of 119 pounds

Released and scheduled to return to Australia but is again charged and detained this time for AWOL

Finally returning to Australia 1^st January 1919 for discharge

Medals are shown initially not to be issued but later restored by permission of army order.

VF $900

P34 Trio: 1914/15 Star, British War and Victory Medal all correctly impressed to 434 PTE F. (“E” ON BWM) T. HAINES 6/BN AIF.

Comes with Dog Tags (stamped 58^th Bn A.I.F.), Ribbon Bar & Returned From Active Service Badge.

EMB: 19^th Oct 1914

Wounded in action at the landing on Gallipoli 25^th April 1915 “GSW Forearm”

Transferred to the 58^th Battalion 17^th February 1916

2^nd WIA; France 12^th October 1917 “GSW Neck”

RTA: 20^th October 1918

Gd VF $1100

P33 Trio: 1914/15 Star, British War and Victory Medal all correctly impressed to 1914 CPL (PTE on star) G. BLYTH 5/BN AIF.

 EMB: 17^th April 1915

Joined Battalion on Gallipoli 9^th July 1915

Transferred to 2^nd Field Coy as Sapper Regimental Number 405 on the 6^th August 1915 Gallipoli.

Killed in action 4^th October 1917 in Belgium.

Cpl George Blyth is buried at B.72 Menin Road South Military Cemetery, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium.

UNCIRCULATED $1100

P31 Trio: 1914/15 Star, British War and Victory Medal all correctly impressed to 370 L-CPL (PTE on star). S SAVAGE 4/BN AIF.

Previous Service stated as “7 mths NZ Territorials”

EMB: 18^th August 1915

Joined Battalion on Gallipoli 31^st May 1915

Wounded in action France 25^th July 1916 “SW Jaw”

Transferred to the 62^nd Battalion 25^th April 1917 for convalescing prior to re-joining the 4^th Bn in France 9^th July 1917

Killed in action 4^th October 1917 in Belgium.

A Red Cross file exists with the following two entries; “No trace Germany”, “Killed in action previously reported wounded & missing 10-9-17”

Remembered on Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium.

Near EF $1100

P30 Pair:  British War and Victory Medal all correctly impressed to 4024 PTE J P DRISCOLL 3/BN AIF.

EMB: 30th December 1915

Wounded in action France 16^th August 1916 “Wnd Shoulder”

Killed in action 22^nd September 1917 in Belgium.

A Red Cross file exists with the following single entry; “Killed in action 22-9-17 -  dtls not stated”

Remembered on Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium.

Note: There is mention in his records that the name James Pearce Drescoll (sometimes written with the correct “I”) is an alias he used on enlistment and his name is in fact James Richard Driscoll.

 UNCIRCULATED $450

P29 Trio: 1914/15 Star, British War and Victory Medal all correctly impressed to 247 WO2 (SJT on star). H. HARTLEY 2/BN AIF.

Previous Service stated as Royal Fusiliers (time expired). Distinctive marks at time of enlistment “Bullet wound on left shoulder”

EMB: 18th Oct 1914

Sprained ankle in Cairo and returned to Australia to recover arriving in Sydney 9^th September 1915

EMB 2^nd Time: 15^th January 1916

Admitted to Hospital Cairo (Perineal Fistula) 8th March 1916

RTA: 15th June 1916 and discharged medically unfit

UNCIRCULATED $750

P28 Trio: 1914/15 Star, British War and Victory Medal all correctly impressed to 941 PTE A. G. GORDON  1/BN AIF.

EMB: 18th Oct 1914

Wounded in action Gallipoli 10^th May 1915 “GSW right forearm”

Re-joined Battalion at Gallipoli on the 14th June 1915

2^nd WIA; 19^th August 1916 now serving with the 1^st Australian Light Trench Mortar Battery “Wnds, Bruised Back & Right Arm, Adm”

Killed in action 5^th May 1917 in France.

Sadly no mention or further details are given to how Angus George Gordon was Killed only that he was “Killed in Action”.

UNCIRCULATED $1100

P27 SINGLE: Afghanistan 1881 two clasps; ‘AHMED KHEL, KANDAHAR’ engraved 1989 Pte. C. Adams 2/60^th FOOT

EF $625

P26 SINGLE: South Africa 1879 one clasp; ‘1879’ engraved capitals 2492 Pte. A. Griffiths 2/4^th FOOT

EF $1375

P24 SINGLE: Indian Mutiny Medal 1858 one clasp; ‘LUCKNOW’ impressed Pte. 179 C. New 9^th Lancers.

Gd VF $975

P23 SINGLE: Indian Mutiny Medal 1858 two clasps; ‘RELIEF OF LUCKNOW, DELHI’ impressed Corpl. Hy. Smith. 75^th RGT.

Gd VF $825

P22 SINGLE: India General Service Medal 1854 one clasp; ‘N. E. FRONTIER 1891’ running script 1603 Pte. F. Jenell 4^th K. R. R. C.

EF $525

P21 SINGLE: India General Service Medal 1854 one clasp; ‘HAZARA 1888’ running script 2171 Pte. J. Page. 2^nd Bn, R. Suss. R.

EF $450

P20 SINGLE: India General Service Medal 1854 one clasp; ‘SAMANA 1891’ running script Lieut. W. Fraser BL. LCR.

Renamed EF $175

P19 SINGLE: India General Service Medal 1854 one clasp; ‘CHIN – LUSHA 1889-90’ running script 2238 Pye. T. Ryan. K.O.S.Board.

With research.

EF $525

P18 SINGLE: India General Service Medal 1854 one clasp; ‘BURMA 1887-9’ impressed 834 Pte T. Fowler 2-CHES. RGT.

Gd F $365

P17 SINGLE: India General Service Medal 1854 one clasp; ‘BURMA 1885-7’ running script 1733 Pte. W. Greenfield 2^nd Bn Hamps. R.

Gd VF $400

P16 SINGLE: India General Service Medal 1854 two clasp; ‘BURMA 1885-7, BURMA 1887’ running script 7054 Pte. C. Jinks 1^st Bn Rif. Bde.

EF $445