PJ1 Trio: 1914-15 Star, British War & Victory Medals with MID, S.Sgt. L. G. Gibbins14 ASC AIF, Captain AIF on BWM & VM.
Leslie Graham Gibbins was born at Coromandel Valley, South Australia, and enlisted at Keswick, South Australia, at the age of 27 years and 6 months, giving his occupation as accountant. His service papers show him serving with the Australian Army Service Corps, including the 4th Light Horse Brigade Train / 14th A.S.C., with early promotion to Staff Sergeant in April 1915. The Australian War Memorial records him as Staff Sergeant Leslie G. Gibbins, service number 5903, with an embarkation date of 26 May 1915. Served Gallipoli.
MID Supplement to the London Gazette of 31 December 1918 as Captain L. G. Gibbins, 2nd Aust. Div. Train.
VF $1350
PJ2 Trio: 1914-15 Star, British War & Victory Medals Private James McDonald, 1989, 11th Battalion, A.I.F.
James McDonald was born in Fife, Scotland, and was working as a fitter when he enlisted at Geraldton, Western Australia, on 17 February 1915, aged 34. He joined the 3rd Reinforcements, 11th Battalion, A.I.F., and embarked for overseas service on 26 April 1915.
McDonald reached Gallipoli and was taken on strength with the 11th Battalion on 16 June 1915. invalided to England in August 1915.
After recovering, McDonald rejoined the 11th Battalion in France on 30 July 1916 and was later attached to a Light Trench Mortar Battery. On 1 November 1916, while serving on the Western Front, he was wounded in action, receiving a gunshot wound to the left thigh. He was evacuated to England for treatment and, after further medical review, returned to Australia in July 1917.
VF $775
PJ3 Trio: 1914-15 Star, British War & Victory Lieutenant Alfred Victor Warrington, 2333, A.I.F. — 28th, 51st and 11th Battalions. Lieut. on BWM & VM.
After reaching Egypt, Warrington was transferred into the newly formed 51st Battalion, a predominantly Western Australian unit raised in Egypt in March 1916 as part of the expansion of the A.I.F. He proceeded to France and saw active service on the Western Front, where his record shows he was wounded in action, including a gunshot wound to the left forearm in August 1916. He recovered in England, returned to duty, and was again wounded in France in 1917.
VF $950
PJ4 Trio: 1914-15 Star, British War & Victory Medals 989 Pte Albert Earl, D Coy 28 BN AIF.
The battalion landed at Gallipoli on 10 September 1915, where it reinforced the Anzac position during the latter, defensive phase of the campaign.
Earl was killed in action at Gallipoli on 22 September 1915, only a short time after the 28th Battalion reached the peninsula.
EF $1185
PJ5 Pair: British War & Victory Medals 1760 T/Cpl James Carney 10 L H RGT. / Arty.
After reaching the Middle East, Carney served briefly with the Light Horse before transferring into the artillery. He was taken on strength with the 4th Divisional Ammunition Column, mustered as a Gunner, and later served with the 24th Field Artillery Brigade in France. On 6 December 1916 he was recorded as wounded in action, but remained on duty, an unusual and desirable service detail. He later served with the 12th Army Field Artillery Brigade, including the 112th Battery, and continued in France and Belgium through 1917–18. Also entitled to the 1914-15 Star.
Gd VF $360
PJ6 Single: Military Medal to 5200 Private John Leonard Slavin, M.M., 11th Battalion, A.I.F. Killed in Action.
Slavin joined the 11th Battalion in France in August 1916 and served through heavy fighting on the Western Front, including the actions around Mouquet Farm, Ligny-Thilloy and Louverval. His Military Medal was awarded for conspicuous bravery at Louverval, France, on 15/16 April 1917, where he carried messages from exposed picquet posts to Company Headquarters through a fire-swept zone, and on return journeys carried ammunition forward, helping the post hold out against the enemy.
Only weeks later, on 6 May 1917, Slavin was killed in action near Bullecourt / Noreuil during heavy German attacks on the 11th Battalion’s line. His body was not recovered, and he is commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial.
Gd VF $ 2000
PJ17 Single: Military Medal to 3352 Private George Henry Hatton, M.M.11th Battalion, A.I.F.
Hatton joined the 11th Battalion in France in June 1916 and was soon in action on the Western Front. He was wounded in July 1916, suffering a bullet wound to the foot, and was evacuated to England for treatment before returning to his battalion in France in early 1917. The Australian War Memorial records him as Private G. H. Hatton, service number 3352, 11th Australian Infantry Battalion, with a recommendation for the Military Medal.
His Military Medal was awarded for bravery at the Hindenburg Line near Bullecourt, France, on 5–6 May 1917. During three enemy counterattacks, Hatton carried messages from the front line to Battalion Headquarters under heavy shell fire, volunteered for repeated journeys, and assisted stretcher-bearers in carrying out the wounded. The recommendation noted that his conduct had an excellent effect on his comrades.
Gd VF $1850
PJ9 Single: New Zealand 1845-66, reverse undated, Cpl J Godfrey 70th Foot.) officially impressed naming,
Gd VF $1100
PJ11 Single: Central Africa 1891-98, straight bar suspension, 1 clasp, Central Africa 1894-98, 101 Pte Chidwata B.C.A. Rifles. officially impressed naming,
VF $2500
