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
