Australian Groups

Lot 5083    SESSION 15 (Friday 2.30pm)    Australian Groups

Estimate $3,500
Bid at live.noble.com.au

TRIO: 1914-15 Star; British War Medal 1914-18; Victory Medal 1914-19. 907 Pte E.L.C. Young. 1/A.N.& M.E.F. on first medal, 907 ER/CPL. E.L.C.Young. 1/A.N.& M.E.F. on second and third medals. Impressed. Very fine.

Eric Lue Cavin Young, Naval & Military Expeditionary Force (Tropical Unit) (1 Battalion) embarked aboard HMAT Berrima on 19 August 1914 from Sydney. Served 6-months in New Guinea then discharged on 18 January 1915. Re-enlisted on 1 May 1915 and allocated service number 2713, to ANZAC on 3 October 1915, hospitalised with Malaria on 2 November 1915, joined 3 Battalion 22 August 1916 and served in France. Married in England on 7 October 1918 and RTA 24 February 1919 at the rank of Troop Sergeant. Together with N.S.W.G. Ambulance Corps Life Member Efficiency award engraved E.L.Young on the obverse and 1942 on reverse, suspended from a NSWR Ambulance Corps bar impressed on reverse 'E.L.Young / Efficient. 1935'. Both are in 9ct gold. National Rifle Association of NSW medal in silver, missing small suspender ring and ribbon, engraved on reverse 'Granville Tech. Col. / F.C.Young / 1909.' Daily Mail Empire Day Rifle Competition Medal in silver and in original case of issue by Elkington & Co. Engraved on reverse 'F.C.Young / (Captain) / 99'. The Daily Mail Empire Day Rifle Competition was instituted in 1910 and shot at Bisley. In the inaugural year the Greater Britain Section was won by Granville Technical College Rifle Club. (ref. O'Connor, Shooting Awards and Prize Medals to Australian Military Forces Fig.221 and p.109). F C Young is related to E L C Young. He served as 579 Lance Corporal Frederick William Cavin Young with A.N.& M.E.F. and another related member of the shooting team W C Young served as 6845 Private Will Charles Cavin Young. The three 'Young' men mentioned all had the same address for their next-of-kin on their service papers. Also included is a Returned from Active Service Badge plus a small silver crest of the City of Edinburgh. Vendor notes indicate Eric Young was also awarded the Royal Shipwreck Relief & Humane Society of NSW Medal in silver for Saving Life at Lawsons Creek on 31 January 1909 however the medal is not with the lot. Together with a photo of E.L.C.Young in uniform wearing an ANZAC 'A' on his colour patch. Ex Tom Hanley Collection.