Orders, Decorations & Medals - Australian Groups
Lot 3977 SESSION 18 (11.30AM FRIDAY 12TH APRIL) Orders, Decorations & Medals - Australian Groups
Estimate $450
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $440
TRIO TO WIA: 1914-15 Star; British War Medal 1914-18; Victory Medal 1914-19. 2/Lieut. W.J.Galbraith. 23/Bn A.I.F. on first medal, Captain W.J.Galbraith. A.I.F. on last two medals. All medals impressed. Very fine.
Walter James Galbraith, tobacconist, age 23, born at Geelong, Vic; to 2/Lt with AIF 24Mar1915; Emb.10May1915; to Lt 26Aug1915; to join MEF at Gallipoli 30Aug1915; invalided to England from France with deafness 13Jul1916; to France 24Aug1916; WIA 03May1917 GSW to thigh and buttock, France; to England 13May1917 for hospitalisation; to France 08Aug1917; to Capt 25Aug1917; to No 1 Red Cross Hospital with pyrexia, 05Jun1918, France; RTA 19Feb1919; Appt terminated 06Jun1919; Died 1972 in Vic.
With extensive research including by Mostly Unsung and with copy of Service File.
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