{"product_id":"group-of-six-with-death-plaque-qsa-four-clasps-cc-rhodesia-ofs-t-ksa-two-clasps-sa01-sa02-correct-running-script-vf-sold","title":"Group of six, with Death plaque : QSA  four clasps \" CC, Rhodesia, OFS,T\" KSA two clasps \"SA01, SA02\" correct running script  - VF SOLD","description":"\u003cp align=\"left\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGroup of six, with Death plaque : QSA \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003efour clasps\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\" CC,\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRhodesia\u003c\/strong\u003e, OFS,T\" KSA\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003etwo clasps \"SA01, SA02\" correct running script\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLieut. F. St. J. Barton 2\/Hampshire RGT. with duplicate issue correctly impressed\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e123 CORP. F. ST. BARTON. VICTORIAN. M. R.,1914 -15 STAR, BRITISH WAR MEDAL\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES)\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u0026amp; VICTORY MEDAL impressed to\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCAPT. F. ST. J. BARTON HAMPS. R.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDeath Plaque correctly named \"Frederick ST. John Barton.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eM.I.D. London Gazette 6 April 1916, for services in the Euphrates operations, 24 June to 26 July 1915.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFrederick St John Barton was born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, on 6 May 1876, 4th son of Robert Barton, Malvern, Victoria, formerly Deputy Master of Melbourne Branch, Royal Mint. He was educated at Toorak College, near Melbourne, and volunteered and enlisted in the 5th Victoria Contingent during the South African War. He was then transferred as Sergeant to the Rhodesian Artillery, and afterwards gazetted 2nd Lieutenant into the 2nd Hampshire Regiment on 19 May 1900, at the recommendation of the Governor of Victoria. He was promoted to Lieutenant in March 1902 and to Captain in January 1907. He took part in the operations in Rhodesia, May 1900, and in the Transvaal and west of Pretoria in May to June 1901; and in the Orange River Colony, July to October 1901 (Queen’s Medal with 4 clasps; King’s Medal with two clasps). He served as Adjutant to the 1st Battalion from March 1909 to March 1912, and to the 4th Territorial Battalion from November 1912. He went to India with his battalion in October 1914, after the outbreak of the European War, and from there to Mesopotamia in March 1915, and was killed in action at the battle of Nasiriya, 24 July 1915.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSold with an Army Post Card home to his wife ‘I am quite well’, signed ‘Fred 4\/5\/15’, two news cuttings and a copied portrait photograph, together with other research.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eVF SOLD\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Burridge Military Antiques","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41359941337252,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/1052\/0996\/products\/barton_1.jpg?v=1635304622","url":"https:\/\/www.jbma.com.au\/products\/group-of-six-with-death-plaque-qsa-four-clasps-cc-rhodesia-ofs-t-ksa-two-clasps-sa01-sa02-correct-running-script-vf-sold","provider":"John Burridge Military Antiques","version":"1.0","type":"link"}