Pair: British War Medal and Victory medal (missing 1914/15 star). Both correctly impressed to 1349 PTE W. J. THORP 5 BN A.I.F.
Emb. 2nd February 1915 as regimental number 1426
Proceeded to Gallipoli ex Egypt 3 April 1915
Disembarked in Egypt ex Gallipoli 7th January 1916 (probably still on British ship)
Transferred to 5th Pioneer Bn 16th May 1916
WIA 29th September 1918 (G.S.W. Buttock & right arm)
Discharged 14th May 1919
A letter applying for the ANZAC Medallion (in his records) by Private Thorp himself states that he was at the landing on the 25th April 1915 and was further wounded at Gallipoli where he ended up on the Destroyer "Reindeer" and remained for some time "to help the British".
Total war service is recorded as "4 years and 185 days".
VF $650