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 6344 Pte. H. J. Lane 28 Bn  AIF

emb. 29 Dec.1916  RTA 13 Jan. 1919

WIA 2 Oct.1917 GSW chest

Complete with two service badges and ribbon bar as pictured

 VF SOLD

Group of five: 1939/45 and Africa Stars (impressed), War Medal and Australian Service Medals (impressed), Naval Long Service Good Conduct Medal (Engraved). 16687 B. F. Biram.

Bartolomeo Colleoni Medallion on contemporary stand with small enamel HMAS Sydney badge. Engraved naming in typical style.

Petty Officers bullion hat badge, Original photograph in uniform, True copy of certificate of service, Original telegram to family offering sympathy for the loss of their son on HMAS Sydney.

Finally the jewel in the crown, is his original substantial diary describing life on the Sydney between the dates of 18 April 1940 to 30 December 1940. Including his description of the Bartolomeo Colleoni action. There is also a large quantity of research.

This is one of the best documented HMAS Sydney groups ever to be seen on the market. The diary adding that true personal touch.

 SOLD

Pair: British War Medal and Victory Medal impressed to 937 2-Cpl. E. V. Boyle 3 Tun. Coy.  AIF

emb. 20 Feb.1916 

RTA 12 June 1917

 VF SOLD

A RARE GONA BEACH 2/16th CASUALTY

Five: 1939/45 Star, Pacific Star, Defence Medal, War Medal 1939/45 and Australian Service Medal 1939/45 all correctly  impressed to WX9438 S. SMITH

Living in Bridgetown, Stanley Smith Enlisted on the 4th of December 1940 and was taken on strength with the 2/16th Battalion Bravo Coy.

First serving in Palestine before reaching PNG and the Kokoda track (now as a member of Delta Company).

Private Stanley Smith was wounded in action in Gona and succomed to his wound on the 4th December 1942 at the age of 29.

The medals come in the original box of issue and also accompanied with research and his "South West Amatuer Wrestling Championship", Middleweight trophy won by him in 1939.

This is a rare chance to purchase a true bit of Australian History as 2/16th Battalion medals seldom appear on the market.

SOLD

ingle : ANZAC Medallion correctly engraved to A. RHODES in box of issue and outer postage box. To 28 Dvr. Arthur Rhodes 1st Light Horse Brigade Headquarters.

This is confirmed with the Address on the outside matching the application form in his file written by Mrs J. H. Rhodes (his widow).

Records show Dvr Rhodes embarked on the 21.10.1914 with the 1st Light Horse Brigade Headquarters on board the HMAT Devonha at Gallipoli. The next entry shows on 14/7/1915 that he was sent to an English hospital with pneumonia and eventually discharged on the 3.3.1916 in Melbourne.

In WW2 he re-enlisted under the number VX101214 with the Auxiliary Horse Transport Coy as a SGT.

EF SOLD

Pair: British War Medal and Victory Medal impressed to LIEUT. T. W. PERRY AIF

Emb. 20th December 1915 (as a Sgt)

Promoted 2nd Lt. 27th April 1917

Promoted Lt. 7th October 1917

KIA Dernacourt 5th April 1918

Comes with original photo, dog tag bracelet and copy photo of his grave marker.

 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 and Victory Medal all correctly impressed to 5384 T-SGT. J. JEFFREY 53 BN AIF.

EMB: 14th April 1916 (1st Bn)

Transferred to 53rd Bn 20th May 1916

WIA: 1st October 1916 "Shell WD left buttock"

KIA: 30th September 1918

Cemetery or memorial details: Tincourt New British Cemetery, Tincourt, Picardie, France

Note: Joseph Jeffrey also appears as "Jeffery" when searching records.

VF SOLD

CULTURALLY IMPORTANT AUSTRALIAN FAMILY GROUPING

Captain Ralph Longstaff M.C. painted by his father Sir John Longstaff (Sydney National Gallery)

Group of four: Military Cross G.V.R, 1914 Star & Bar, British War & Victory Medal. 1914/15 Star impressed 2070 PTE R. LONGSTAFF 28 LOND. R. BWM & VM impressed to CAPT. R. LONGSTAFF Military Cross un-named as issued.

Along with an Ivory pass token “ROYAL ACADEMY ANTIQUE SCHOOL 1768” reverse “Admitted 1^st Term of 3 years, 28^th Janý 1909 R. Longstaff”

Military Cross was awarded in the 1917 New Year’s Honour List which unfortunately have no citations available. Captain Longstaff was personally presented the award by the King on the 22^nd January 1918 at Buckingham Palace. The Australian newspapers report his award was for Bravery in the field, Somme. Whilst serving in the 28th Battalion, London Regiment (Artists Rifles), attached to the 8th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment.

Ralph grew up in Victoria the eldest son of the famous Australian Artist Sir John Longstaff and an outstanding artist in his own right. In 1908 Ralph won the “Graphic” prize for drawing amongst the various art schools in London and in 1910 he won a further award for the coronation design for public buildings.

As the two artists in the family, the bond between John and his son Ralph was unquestionably close, shown in the following article;

“John Longstaff lost one son In the war. Later on he received a War Office telegram in London announcing that another son, Ralph, was lying dangerously wounded in Rouen hospital. He himself had a military commission as a war artist, and also worked in the hospitals. He rushed across to Boulogne without waiting to obtain the necessary papers, and on the Boulogne station was arrested by a military guard. Seeing the 'train for Rouen just going out, he made a desperate dash, and risking a bullet in the back from the guard, he jumped aboard the train and got clear off. At Rouen he stood by his son's bedside. Ralph Longstaff was severely wounded, but he recovered. After the war John Longstaff painted a splendid portrait of Ralph in uniform, with the blue armband denoting a wound and hospital leave. The portrait was bought in 1921 by the Sydney National Gallery” Smith’s Weekly 18^th April 1927

The above portrait of Ralph by his father was exhibited at the Society of Artists in 1921. The Argus 21^st January 1922 article states “It is considered the finest work that Longstaff has done”.

Portrait of my Son (Jack Longstaff) by Sir John Longstaff .Inscribed verso 'not for public sale', this is a deeply personal image that Longstaff had painted for himself rather than for public exhibition (AWM)

Single: British War Medal impressed 2. LIEUT. J.C. LONGSTAFF. Missing 1914/15 Star & Victory Medal

2nd Lieutenant Jack Campbell Longstaff served in the 1st/5th Bn York & Lancaster Regiment, Initially enlisting as number 2553 before being commissioned 30^th June 1915.

 Jack was with his regiment engaged in the offensive on the Somme where he was wounded on July 3^rd 1916, but continued in action. On July 7^th, when leading a bombing party he was again wounded. It was from this action that he was never seen again and eventually reported as killed in action.

Medals are good to VF SOLD

Medals to the Armstrong family:

Three: Private Richard Armstrong, 2nd Battalion Australian Imperial Forces, who died of wounds suffered at Gallipoli, 27 July 1915

1914-15 Star (464 Pte., 2/Bn. A.I.F.); British War and Victory Medals (484 Pte., 2-Bn. A.I.F.); Memorial Plaque (Richard Armstrong)

Pair: Driver George Armstrong, 2nd Division Ammunition Column, Australian Imperial Forces, who died on 30 October 1918

British War and Victory Medals (15630 Dvr., 2-D.A.C. A.I.F.); Memorial Plaque (George Armstrong)

Pair: Driver W. Armstrong, 2nd Division Ammunition Column, Australian Imperial Forces

British War and Victory Medals (15631 Dvr., 2-D.A.C. A.I.F.) 

Note: Medals to three brothers, the sons of James and Elizabeth Armstrong, of Gossings, Road Head, Carlisle, England:

Richard Armstrong was born in Carlisle, Cumberland, England. A Carpenter by occupation, he attested for the Australian Imperial Force at Sydney, N.S.W. on 24 August 1914. Serving with the 2nd Battalion A.I.F. in Gallipoli, he was wounded in action at Gallipoli during the period 28 April-2 May 1915 - suffering a gunshot wound to the head. Evacuated to a hospital in Cairo, then Alexandria, he was at length invalided to Netley Hospital in England. He died there on 27 July 1915, aged 32 years and was buried in Netley Military Cemetery. With copied service papers. 

George and W. Armstrong were the twin brothers of Richard Armstrong who enlisted together, as evidenced by their consecutive service numbers. Driver George Armstrong, 16th Battery, 6th Brigade, Australian Field Artillery, died on 30 October 1918, aged 28 years. He was buried in Etretat Churchyard Extension, Seine-Maritime, France.

Good very fine and better SOLD

Trio: 1914/15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal.1914/15 Star and Victory Medal impressed to 1099 PTE J. RIDLEY 19 BN AIF

Emb. 25th June 1915

Next entry shows that he disembarked at Alexandria ex Mudros 7th January 1916 possibly sick or wounded? (Mudros held the Gallipoli casualties)

WIA Gun shot wound right knee

RTA 30 January 1918 as a result of his wounds

DOW 23rd february 1918

Sadley Private Ridley succumbed to his wounds despite making it home to Australia. Comes with his rising sun set and dog tag.

VF SOLD

Pair: Vietnam Medal and Vietnam Star with 1960- clasp. The Vietnam medal is correctly impressed to 44183 R. F. WILHELM and the Vietnam Star has the correct first type engraving.

Private Wilhelm was in Vietnam from September 1967 to April 1968 with 7 RAR. A nice early Vietnam infantry group with no chips in the enamel as so many have.

Note. 7 RAR was present at the TET offensive in 1968.

VF SOLD

Pair: British War Medal and Victory Medal impressed to 6815 SPR G. GARRETT 2 TUN. COY AIF

Emb. 17 January 1917

RTA 12 July 1919

Spr. Garrett rose up the ranks to Sgt but reverted to Spr.

 VF SOLD

Pair: British War Medal and Victory Medal both correctly impressed to 15584 SPR W. N. COUSENS. 3-D. SIG. COY. A.I.F.

 Transferred from the 51st BN to Signals 29th May 1916

Emb. 13th October 1916

Discharged 30th July 1919

Complete with A.I.F returned from active service badge, signals proficiency badge, Dog tag, an "early" RSL badge (1920 dated) and the later RSL badge (1941 dated).

 Near EF  SOLD

Trio: Military Medal, British War Medal and Victory Medal. Military Medal correctly impressed to 3972 SJT. E. J. WALLACE 45/AUST INF with his British War Medal and Victory Medal correctly impressed 3972 SJT. E. J. WALLACE 13 BN. A.I.F.

Emb. 23rd December 1915

WIA, gun shot wound right leg  22-11-1916

2nd WIA gun shot wound nose 18-10-1918

3rd WIA seriously wounded right leg 8-8-1918. (this is in the action he wins his Military Medal and is mentioned in the citation).

RTA 13 April 1919

London Gazette 17th June 1919

Great fighting citation in which he gets wounded on his third occasion in a very significant battle.

Good VF SOLD

Group of Four: 1939/45 Star, Pacific Star, War Medal 1939/45 and Australian Service Medal 39/45. Both the War Medal and ASM are correctly impressed to S6294 C. W. SUSSMAN with the stars being unnamed as often found on early issues.

Seaman Sussman served on multiple ships during his service including the HMAS Adelaide in May to July 1942, when the Adelaide was docked at Garden Island for a refit, during the Japanese midget sub attack of 31 May 1942.

In November 1942, Adelaide, along with the Dutch cruiser HNLMS Jacob van Heemskerk and the Australian corvettes Cessnock and Toowoomba, escorted a convoy across the southern Indian Ocean. On 28 November, the ships spotted an unidentified vessel, which claimed to be the Norwegian merchantman Taiyang Officers aboard Adelaide recognized the ship as the German Blockade Runner Ramses, but did not receive a response to their challenging until two boats were lowered from the ship, followed by the sound of an explosion from a scuttling charge. Adelaide opened fire, hitting with the third salvo onwards, and continued shooting until Ramses sank eight minutes later, then recovered the Germans from the boats.

Seaman Sussman then went on to serve on the HMAS Yandra, Koopa, Moreton, ML 430 (Fairmile B class), Shropshire among others and finally discharging on the HMAS Rushcutter (previously HDML 1321). It appears that he was working on the Harbour Defence Motor Launch’s (HDML) which would work as patrol boats assigned to do reconnaissance work, these ships provided vital support for missions around New Guinea and the islands , including a mission which involved launching of four folding kayaks with eight Z Special commandos. One area mentioned on several occasions in Sussman’s records is “Ko Adang” in Thailand.

A good researcher with an understanding of naval records could possibly follow the dates and ships listed in his service record to see exactly his involvement in these raids. The AWM website has quite a few of the patrol reports available to the public as well. This is a very interesting group to an outstanding sailor.

Note: The ML-430 was sunk by gunfire from HMAS ML 819, after being mistaken for the conning tower of a Japanese submarine, north of Biak, New Guinea on 14 August 1944

VF SOLD

Pair: British War Medal and Victory Medal both correctly impressed to 39394 T-CPL J. L. S. BRIDGE 2 - D.A.C. A.I.F.

 Previous service recorded as "21st Militia 4 years"

Emb. 30th April 1918

Discharged 10th February 1919

John Leo Stanley Bridges occupation was classed as a "Wool appraiser" for "The Australian Woollen Mills". John Bridge & Co. Est. 1869 was one the leading wool brokers in NSW, of which he is unquestionably related.

 Good VF SOLD

Four: British War, Victory, War Medal 1939/45 and Australian Service Medal 1939/45. WW1 medals impressed to 5080 PTE. W. T. DOHERTY 48 BN AIF. WW2 medals impressed W13148 W. T. DOHERTY.

Previous service stated as the 85^th Regiment 29^th December 1915

EMB: 31^st March 1916 as a Private with the 16^th Battalion from Fremantle

Transferred to 48^th Battalion 13^th August 1916

Charged with leaving a post without orders and originally sentenced to 10 years and commuted to 2 years on the 10^th September 1916.

Sentence was suspended on the 27^th November 1917 by letter of remission and Private Doherty was returned to his unit from Military Prison.

WIA: “Gun shot wound left ankle” 5^th April 1918 France

RTA: 15^th September 1918 due to injury

WW2 service states William Thomas Doherty enlisted as W13148 with the Catering Corps as a driver on the 5th September 1940. Discharging in 1948 at the age of 50

Note: Comes with WW1 & WW2 dog tags named to recipient.  

GF VF SOLD

Memorial Plaque: Correct one piece cast named to WILLIAM CUNNINGHAM QUINN.

Comes with article stating the following “Private William Cunningham Quinn enlisted aged 19, on 17 May 1916, and embarked for overseas service on 30 Sept. 1916 with the 54^th Battalion reinforcements. Educated at Christian Brothers’ School Balmain he was employed as an ‘indoor Messenger’, residing with his mother in Auburn, prior to enlistment. He served in France until he was returned to Australia on 16 March 18 suffering from TB, contracted in the trenches. He died of TB at the Military Hospital, North Head on 23 June, 1918. He is commemorated in perpetuity at the Commonwealth War Graves Section. Rookwood Necropolis”

Note: Rare to have a death plaque to a soldier who died on Australian soil.

Gd VF SOLD

Memorial Plaque: Correct one piece cast named to ARTHUR PERCY MARTIN.

135 PTE Arthur Percy Martin embarked on the 18^th November 1915 from Adelaide with the 32^nd Battalion AIF.

He was Killed in Action on the 20^th July 1916 France (Fromelles) at the age of 19

Red Cross eye witness report from L/CPL Redman gives us the following insight “He was A Company. At Fleurbaix about 6:30 in evening. 19^th July 1916. I saw Martin in Enemy’s first Line of Trench. He had been wounded by shrapnel or bullet in shoulder. I helped bandage him up and had to leave him. Was conscious and was groaning a good deal. He wanted to know if his arm was off. There was heavy shelling over the trench all night. I was taken prisoner”

Memorial details:  VC Corner Australian Cemetery and Memorial, Fromelles, Lille, Nord Pas de Calais, France

Place of Association: Curramulka, South Australia

Slight surface marks otherwise VF SOLD

Memorial Plaque: Correct one piece cast named to GEORGE MAYNARD.

6102 PTE George Maynard embarked on the 25^th October 1916 from Sydney with the 17th Battalion AIF.

He was Killed in Action on the 9^th October 1917 Ypres Belgium at the age of 35

Memorial details:  Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium

Place of Association: Gladesville, New South Wales, Australia

Slight surface marks otherwise VF SOLD

Memorial Plaque: Correct one piece cast named to WILLIAM RAE.

4915 PTE William Rae embarked on the 7^th March 1916 from Sydney with the 5th Battalion AIF.

William Rae died of wounds on the 14^th August 1916 in France serving with the 58^th Battalion at the age of 47

Memorial details:  Estaires Communal Cemetery and Extension, Estaires, Nord Pas de Calais, France

Slight surface marks otherwise VF SOLD

Memorial Plaque: Correct one piece cast named to CHARLES WILLIAM WINKLER.

3968 Pte Charles William Winkler embarked on the 2^nd December 1915 from Adelaide with the 10th Battalion AIF.

Private Winkler was Killed in Action on the 11^th August 1918 France at the age of 21

Sgt Duncan also of 10^th Battalion gave the following account of Private Winklers death, “Fritz was counter attacking at Crepey-Wood, came through a gap in our front line and 5 of us in a dug out found ourselves surrounded. A few shots were exchanged, and he was killed by a rifle shot in the body fired at point blank range. The rest of us were captured but got away about an hour later when the enemy were driven off. He died practically instantly.”

Memorial details:  Heath Cemetery, Picardie, France

Place of association: Wallaroo, South Australia

Slight surface marks otherwise VF SOLD