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Lot 2530    SESSION 17 (11.30AM FRIDAY 25TH NOV)    Australian Groups

Estimate $2,000
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $2,600

PAIR: British War Medal 1914-18; Victory Medal 1914-19. 1367 2-Cpl C.J.Perrett. Rly. Unit. A.I.F. Both medals impressed. Mounted on a display card, very fine.

Together with aluminium dog tag impressed, 'C J Perrett/1367/4 Rail Unit/AIF/Meth'; another with Australian coat-of-arms on one side and on the other side is inscribed, '1367/Corpl C.J.Perrett/4th Railway Unit/A.I.F./Meth'; 4th Railway Unit AIF lapel badge (KC), in gilt and enamel, pin-back; B'aa (Bundamba) Residents tribute fob in 9ct gold, reverse inscribed, 'To/C/pl C.J.Perrett/from/B'aa Residents/12-9-19'; workers' tribute fob handcrafted in 15ct gold, reverse inscribed, 'Presented to/C Perrett/on his return from/Active Service by his/Loco Comrades/Roma St/Sept. 1920'; Federated Railway Loco Enginemens Assocns of Australasia, lapel badge in 15ct gold, reverse die struck, Tell The Boys to Pull Together and inscribed, 'CJP'; Returned from Active Service (AIF) badge; Returned Sailors & Soldiers Imperial League large 2-figure type badge.

Cyril James Perrett, railway employee, age 25, born at Bundamba, Ipswich, Qld; Enl.21Dec1916 at Brisbane, Qld, with previous service of 5 weeks in F.I.A. at Chermside before the unit was disbanded; to 2/Cpl in Rly Unit 22Dec1916; Emb.11May1917; TOS 4 Rly Unit 19Jul1917; to France 11Oct1917; unit retitled to 4 Aust Broad Gauge Railway Operating Coy; RTA 12May1919; Disch.29Jul1919.

With copy of Service File.

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