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Trio: 1914/15 star, British War and Victory Medal all correctly impressed to 3146 DVR. J. F. DAVIS 1/F.A. BDE AIF.

Previous Military service stated as “Rifle Club Tumbarumba”

EMB: 21^st November 1914

Admitted hospital Mena 4^th April 1915 “Sick”

Transferred to 1^st Battery 11^th July 1915 Gallipoli Peninsula

RTA: Invalided on the 3^rd September 1915 “for discharge in Australia”

Discharged: 27^th December 1915 2^nd Military District

Note: Due to Driver Davis’s early discharge he becomes a member of the initial RSL club the “Returned Servicemen’s Association” (RSA) of New South Wales of which his rare original badge numbered 548 is included. Also included is a Political Labor League (NSW) 1915 silver jubilee badge/fob and a 1937 Coronation medallion both belonging to him.

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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 6^th Battalion

Transferred to the 1^st ANZAC Cyclist Bn. 9^th July 1916

RTA: 22^nd May 1919 3^rd 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

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Memorial Plaque: Correct one piece cast named to CHARLES ALBERT KEMP.

 3165 Private Charles Albert Kemp embarked on the 18 January 1916 from Fremantle with the 28th Battalion AIF.

 KIA 29th July 1916 Pozierres

Villers – Bretonneux Memorial

3252 Private Ryan’s witness report states ”Kemp was killed instantly by shell fire, during an attack at Pozierres on July 29^th, 1915. I was near him when he was hit by a high explosive shortly after we had “stepped over”, He was terribly injured every limb being shattered. It was not possible to bury him, and we had to leave him in no man’s land, we could not bring him in, Enemy fire was to heavy. Ground was not held. He was about 5’7 well built , fair 33 years. Was a miner from Leonora, West Australia.” (Red Cross file AWM)

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Trio: 1915/15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal. Correctly impressed 2526 PTE J. NOBLE 17/AUST INF (L-CPL on pair) 

Previous service: 7 years Royal Navy – Naval Brigade NSW & Naval Contingent from NSW to China – on active service (purchased discharge)

Emb: 5^th October 1915 (age 45 years)

Transferred to the 5^th Pioneers 18^th March 1916

Discharged 13^th September 1916, 2^nd M.D. (senility)

Note: Joseph Noble died on the 5th January 1928 at the Prince of Wales Hospital Randwick. According to the contents of a letter from the NSW State Trustees Office, Noble also had home service as a Private in the Australian Army Medical Corps.

Further information is given on a medical form (in his AIF record) stating “Was at the bombardment of Alexandria 1881 and Boxer Rebellion”. The AWM has Noble Able Seaman Noble embarking on the SS Salamis and returning on the SS Chingtu. The China medal roll states his medal was sent to the “C in C Australia 6 Feb 03”. Due to the Australian government not issuing all the China medals at this stage we are unsure if his medal was actually presented to him.

Looking further into the Royal Navy records there appears to be a J. Noble on the HMS Monarch for the Sudan campaign listed as the “Asst. Engr” which could possibly be him however this would make him ten years old (roughly) going off his enlist age given in the first world war. Further research is required.

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Stoker Petty Officer J. S. Andrews, Royal Navy, who was serving in H.M.A.S. Encounter when she became the first Australian Naval Vessel to fire a shot in anger, on 14 September 1914

Four: 1914-15 Star (S.S. 109965 J. S. Andrews. Act. L. Sto., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (S.S.109965 J. S. Andrews. S.P.O. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (K.58497 J. S. Andrews S.P.O. H.M.S. Victory.)

Joseph Sidney Andrews, a labourer from Hull, Yorkshire was born on 6 March 1891. Enlisting in the Royal Navy on 13 July 1910, his Great War service included service in H.M.A.S. Encounter, a ship that was transferred to the Royal Australian Navy, on the Pacific Station, until May 1917, and he was serving in her when Encounter became the first Australian ship to fire a shot in anger, at Toma Ridge, New Guinea on 14 September 1914. Promoted Stoker Petty Officer on 1 March 1918, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 3rd October 1925, and was invalided from the service due to general paresis on 23 November 1931.

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RECOMMENDED FOR THE VICTORIA CROSS

Trio: Military Medal, British War Medal and Victory Medal all correctly impressed to 6572 L/CPL G. G. ROBERTSON 7 BN. A.I.F.

Emb. 2nd October 1916

WIA 4th October 1917 G.S.W. Thigh

Awarded Military Medal 24th October 1918

RTA 27th July 1919

Cpl Roberston was one of the 133 (AWM website) that in WW1 were recommended for The Victoria Cross (including those awarded). It seems in Robertsons case, that he got himself into a minor prank involving souveniring womens knickers. It could be argued that this stupid prank may well have cost him, his countries highest honour.

Interesting note: When one examines the Victoria Cross recommendations in the AWM, 233 recommendations are listed. Exactly 100 duplicate examples are amongst these (where a soldier has been resubmitted, or a variation is present). So the true number of people recommended for the Victoria Cross in WW1 was 133 (66 of these were awarded).

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Eight: Military Medal, British War Medal and Victory Medal all correctly impressed to 2228 PTE F. ROBERTSON 58 BN. A.I.F. 1939/45 Star, Africa star, Defence Medal, War Medal 1939/45 and Australian Service medal 1939/45 all correctly impressed to VX44370 E. J. ROBERTSON

Emb. 1st May1916

WIA 25th April 1918 G.S.W. Neck

London Gazette 17th June 1919

RTA 5th August 1919

Due to his WW2 records being unopened (at this stage) we can only see an outline of his Africa service of which he served with the pay corp as a sergeant.

Francis appears to have changed his name to Eric (most likely due to his age) on enlistment in WW2 and this is backed up by his WW1 records that states that he has "No relatives living", The difference in age is roughly 5 years between the records and therefore can not be a son. These medals have all come together from a very old collection and is worthy of further research. A strong citation and a very impressive grouping.

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L/CPL "Paddy" Fitzgerald in Egypt

Group of Four, plus ANZAC plaque: Military Medal, 1914/15 star, British War Medal and Victory Medal all correctly impressed to 341 L/CPL. P. FITZGERALD 23 BN. A.I.F.

ANZAC medallion correctly named to P. FITZGERALD

Enlisted. 15th February 1915 as an original member of "B" company

WIA 3rd May 1917 G.S.W. R/Arm

 2nd WIA  16th May 1918 (slight) remained on duty

RTA 9th March 1919

Commonwealth Gazette 27th Aug 1917

 The following extract was supplied by Paddys niece (in 1989) as part of paddy's story. There are four pages in total.

"Upon disembarkation at Alexandria the 2nd Division were transfered to the A.I.F. camp at MENA where further training was carried out prior to reinforcing the troops already on Gallipoli. On the morning of September the 2nd, 1915, the transport ship "SOUTHLAND", a vessel of 11,899 tons carrying 1600 men of the 21st BTN and "B" company of the 23rd BTN from Alexandria to Lemnos, was torpedoed in the AEGEAN SEA, causing a loss of one officer and 32 men.

It was during this action that Paddy saved the life of a soldier and was believed to have been recommended for a V.C. but a subsequent fight with a member of the provost corps saw an end to any award.

The troops were rescued by the hospital ship "NEURALIA" and other ships and were returned to Alexandria where they were regrouped and returned to Gallipolli arriving between the 6th - 8th of September, 1915.

The 23rd BTN relieved the 13th Light Horse Regiment at Lone Pine...... Paddy was evacuated from Gallipoli on the night of 12th December, 1915, with "A" party of the 6th Brigade where he returned to Egypt."

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Three: British War Medal, Victory Medal and E11 coronation medal first two correctly impressed to 37326 A-CPL. R. T. GORE 4 D.A.C. A.I.F.

Enlisted on the 5th September 1916

Embarked 5th November 1917

RTA 31st March 1919

Ralph Thomas Gore was born in Glen Innes, NSW, on 4 October 1888. He was educated at Brisbane Grammar School and was called to the Queensland Bar in 1915. He was associate to Sir Samuel Griffith in 1915-16 and then served in the Artillery in WW1. He practised at the Queensland Bar 1919-24 and became Crown Law Officer in Papua in 1924. He was judge of the Supreme Court of Pupua 1928-42 and Judge of the Supreme Court of Papua New Guinea 1945-62. He died in 1968.

As the CBE is an unnamed medal, one could easily acquire the medal to add to this important group.

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Captain Smith-Ryan

Four; 1939/45 Star, Pacific Star, War Medal all correctly impressed WX3453 A. R. Smith-Ryan

A bank officer with the Commercial Bank of Australia from Northam, WA, enlisted on 21 Nov 1940, after service as a Lieutenant in the 11th Battalion of the Militia. As the original Second-in-Command of ‘B’ Company, 2/4th MG Bn.

Landing in Singapore in January 1942 with his company as support to the Manchester Fusiliers originally tasked with defending the naval base. From 8–15 of February, 137 men of 2/4th MG Bn were killed or missing, 106 wounded, and 24 suffered ‘shell shock’ from Japanese air, artillery and infantry attacks.

Upon the units surrender, he was marched to Changi with remnants of 2/4th MG Bn and spent the duration of the war in Adam Park and Changi. He was responsible for writing the unit’s War Diary and secretly kept a personal diary whilst a POW, hidden from the Japanese. Much of what we know about the 2/4th MG Bn during the Battle for Singapore was extracted from these diaries. He was recovered in 1945, and returned to WA, living in East Perth. He died in Floreat Park, WA, on 13 Nov 1970.

A very rare officer’s medal group to a key player in the 2/4^th story

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Six; 1939/45 Star, Africa Star, Defence Medal, War Medal,  Australian Service Medal and Greek War Medal. Allk Australian medals correctly impressed to WX292 W. H. F. Clarke.

William Henry Francis Clarke a mill hand from Swanbourne, WA, enlisted on 7 Nov 1939. An original member of 2/11th  Bn,

Private Clarke saw action at Bardia, Tobruk and Derna before the campaign in Greece.

On the 17^th of April 1941 during a Luftwaffe airstrike on the withdrawal through Brallos Pass Private Clarke was tragically killed (being the first member of the Battalion killed in action in the Greek campaign). He was quickly buried by the side of the road and his body has not been recovered.

Private Clarke was later commemorated on the Athens Memorial, Greece.

Ex: Status International sale Oct 2009

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WX2246 George Sandercock

Seven; 1939/45 Star, Africa Star, Pacific Star, War Medal, Australian Service Medal and Greek War Medal. All Australian medals correctly impressed to WX2246 G Sandercock,

A miner from Brookton, WA, Lance-Bombardier enlisted on 25 Apr 1940. He disembarked with 2/3rd Field Regiment at Gourock, Scotland on 17th June 1940 for training, where the 2/3rd was equipped with the new 25 Pounder. He arrived in Palestine on 31 Dec 1940, supporting the advance across North Africa to the frontier. Sandercock drove a truck shot up by enemy aircraft on 26^th of February 1941. He embarked for Greece on 26 Mar 1941 In support of the New Zealanders they supported at Elasson on the 18th of April, at Erithrai on the 26^th of April and at Porto Rafti on 27^th of April 1941.

The 2/3rd lost 7 KIA, 17 WIA and 2 POW in Greece and destroyed their guns before the withdrawal to Crete on 3 Jun 1941. The 2/3rd was engaged against German paratroop landings at Suda and Retimo and covered the withdrawal to Sfakia prior to evacuation. Sandercock was amongst the final troops to be evacuated from Crete. The 2/3rd lost 20 KIA, 30 WIA and 126 POW on Crete.

After recuperating back in the Middle East, the 2/3rd returned to Australia on 25 Mar 1942. Sandercock landed with the 2/3rd at Aitape on 17 Oct 1944, remaining until the end of the war, returning from Wewak on 20 Sep 1945. Discharged on 30 Oct and died in Melville, WA on 7 Oct 1976.

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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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Three:Military Medal, British War Medal and Victory Medal. Military Medal impressed 3585 CPL J. H. Priest 10/AUST. INF. And War and Victory medals impressed 3585 SGT. J. H. Priest 27 BN AIF (having served in both the 10^th and 27^th Bn)

Emb. 11^th January 1916

WIA: 18^th September 1918. Gun Shot Wound Left Ear. This wound was prior to the advance that won him the military medal and it appears he was also wounded a further second time.

London Gazette 17^th June 1919

Discharged 27^th October 1919

An extremely impressive citation for the heavy fighting at Jeancourt where it appears SGT Priest not only assaulted machine gun positions, but also came back with six prisoners.

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Trio: 1914/15 star, British War and Victory Medal all correctly impressed to 706 PTE. W. H. TOMS 27/BN AIF. (SGT on BWM & VM)

EMB: 31^st May 1915

Taken ill 1^st November 1915 after escorting prisoner from the front

Promoted Sergeant 19^th August 1916

KIA: 5^th November Villers-Bretonneux

Note: Served on Galliipoli and then in France where he was reported missing on the 5^th November 1916 near Flers in the attack on The Maze. Later confirmed as killed in action.

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Trio: Military Medal, British War Medal and Victory Medal all correctly impressed to 1662 L/CPL P. GOGGIN 53 BN. A.I.F.

Emb. 14th April 1916

Military Medal action 14th November 1917

 London Gazette 23rd February 1917

RTA 19th April 1919

A good defensive action in repelling the enemy

Comes with a photo of Corporal Ward and his original discharge paper.

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Group of Seven : 1939/45 Star, Africa Star, Pacific Star, Defence Medal, War Medal 1939/45, Australian Service Medal 39/45 and Australian Service Medal 1945/75 two clasps “SW Pacific & Japan”. All WW2 medals are correct to period style naming to NX52611 J P HALL. The ASM 45-75 is correctly named to NX502108 J P HALL due to reenlistment.

Enlisted 4^th July 1940 and after training taken on strength with the 2/33^rd Battalion (2^nd reinforcements)

Embarked Sydney for the Middle East 3^rd February 1941

13^th March – 23^rd May 1941 operations Egypt to Palestine

8^th June – 14^th January 1942 operations in Syria against the Vichy French

Embarked Suez and arriving in Australia 10^th March 1942

Promoted to L/CPL and embarked for Port Moresby for operations against the Japanese including the Kokoda Track 31^st August 1942

Wounded in Action 14^th October 1942 near Templeton’s Crossing

Several attacks of Malaria find Corporal Hall back in Australia before he embarked for Balikpapan 25^th June 1945 (assault landings).

RTA: 23^rd December 1945 and discharged 14^th January 1946

Re-enlisted 18^th March 1946 and served with the 65^th Infantry Battalion BCOF Japan

Discharged 17^th May 1948

Note: Comes with a copy of Colonel Neil C. Smith’s research and service record. Mounted as worn.

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Photos found on the internet of Arnold Macully

 Pair: British War Medal and Victory Medal (missing 1914/15 star) all correctly impressed to 5689 DVR A. A. MACULLY 3 F.A.B. A.I.F.

 Previous service in the St. Peters Cadets and then with the 22nd Australian Light Horse prior to WW1

 Emb. 11th October 1915

 A curious entry stating "Injury to head" on the 16th March 1916 in Cairo, but no further information.

 Transferred to the 54th Bty 14th F.A.B. on the 3rd December 1917

 9th May 1918 admitted to hospital with "Trench Fever"

 D.O.W. 23rd October 1918 Taken to the 55th Casualty Clearing Station with "G.S.W. thigh"  in Tremont, near Bohain (France) where he succumbed to his wounds (See photo for extract from his Red Cross file).

 Buried Premount British Cemetry (Plot I, Row A, Grave Number 7) France.

 Note; Private Macully also sometimes appears as "McCully"

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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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Memorial Plaque. Correct one piece cast named to John Shevland.

John Shevland was a 2nd Class Waiter with the Mercantile Marine on the R.M.S. Lusitania

The sinking of the R.M.S. Lusitania on the 7th of May 1915 by the German U-boat U-20 is seen as one of the most important events in WW1 and is often argued as the reason America entered the war. Period reports give the casualties of the Merchant Marine at roughly 400. Considering the amount that would still be with families, on graves or in museums, makes this culturally important and rare.

Note: There is only one "John Shevland" listed with the War Graves Commission, so there can be no doubt that this is his.

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 FAMILY GROUPING (both brothers killed in action)

 Daniel McCallum

 Pair: British War medal and Victory medal (missing 1914/15 star). Both correctly impressed to Captain D. MCCALLUM A.I.F.

 Emb. 2 September 1914 (as number 687)

 First Day Lander with the 11th Battalion

 15 October 1915 promoted 2/Lt Gallipoli

 29 February 1916 transferred to 51st Bn.

 28 August 1916 promoted Captain

 KIA 3 September 1916 Mouquet Farm.

 An extremely important grouping from the landing at Gallipoli with the 11th, to being killed as the O.C "B" Coy in the attack on Mouquet farm.

 Morris McCallum

 Pair: British War medal and Victory medal (missing 1914/15 star). Both correctly impressed to 1968 L-CPL M. MCCALLUM 28 BN AIF

 Emb. 5 June 1915

 Arrived at Gallipoli in October 1915

 KIA 3 November 1916 Villers- Bretonneux

 A very emotional grouping.

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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: British war medal and Victory medal impressed to 1942 PTE H. R. GANNONI 10 BN AIF (missing 1914/15 star).

Emb. 20^th April 1915

Taken on strength at Gallipoli “D Company” 10 BN 8^th July 1915

Taken off Gallipoli sick 25^th August 1915 and only becomes fit again to re-enter the war in France

He now appears to be with Alpha Company and in late November 1915 is a Lance Corporal when he is admitted to hospital (Fulham UK) with Laryngitis

WIA 20th August 1916 "Shrapnel wound R/Knee" due to “Shrapnel explosion” France

RTA: 16th July 1917 and subsequently discharged "medically unfit" as a result of his wounds

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 Memorial Plaque. Correct one piece cast named to James Martin Keleher.

 2696 Private James Martin Keleher embarked in November 1915 with the 3rd Battalion AIF.

 KIA 25th July 1916 Villers - Bretonneux

 Private Keleher was sadly only 18 years when he fell.

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