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.
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