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Lot 2432    SESSION 14 (2.30PM THURSDAY 28TH NOVEMBER)    Orders, Decorations & Medals - Australian Groups

Estimate $750
Bid at live.noble.com.au

PAIR: British War Medal 1914-18; Victory Medal 1914-19. Lt. Commdr G.D.Warren. R.A.N.R. on first medal, Lieut. Commdr. G.D.Warren. R.A.N.R. on second medal. Both medals impressed. Toned good very fine.

Ex I.S.Wright Sale 655 (lot 1453) 22/4/2014.
George Douglas Warren, born 14Jul1873 at Dadford, Buckinghamshire, England; joined RAN 24Apr1918 with rank of Lieut Commdr RANR; served HMAS Cerberus 24Apr to 20May1918, Coogee 21May1918 to 25Feb1919, Cerberus 26Feb to 25Mar1919; appointment terminated 25Mar1919.
HMAS Coogee was requisitioned by the RAN as a minesweeper in Bass Strait and was commissioned on 20 May 1918 for duty as an Armed Patrol Vessel as tender to Cerberus under the command of Lieutenant Commander G.D.Warren RANR. The vessel was returned to her owners in 1919 and was chartered by the Telegraph Department in 1921 to repair damage to the Bass Strait cable.
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