Orders, Decorations & Medals - Australian Groups

Lot 2497    SESSION 15 (11.30AM FRIDAY 17TH APRIL)    Orders, Decorations & Medals - Australian Groups

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

GROUP OF NINE: General Service Medal (EIIR), - clasp - Northern Ireland; United Nations Medal; NATO Service Medal, - clasp - Former Yugoslavia, with 2 emblem for two tours; Golden Jubilee Medal 2002; Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (EIIR) 1954-, with Regular Army bar; NATO Service Medal, - clasp - ISAF; Australian Active Service Medal 1975-, clasp - ICAT; Afghanistan Medal; Australian Defence Medal. 24799754 Sgt R C Bevington AGC (SPS) on first medal, the next five medals unnamed, 8439888 R C Bevington on last three medals. The first named medal is impressed, the last three named medals pantographed. The first five medals court mounted, the sixth medal in plastic case of issue, the last three medals court mounted, the court mounted groups have no pin-back, otherwise good very fine - uncirculated.

Together with matching sets of court mounted miniatures, set of 5 and set of 3, no NATO Medal with clasp ICAT; Australian Army Ordnance Corps hat badge (QC); Army Combat badge.^Ex JB Military Antiques 21/02/2013.^Warrant Officer Class One Russell Bevington was born at Walsall, England on 15 February 1971. He enlisted in the British Army on 5 January 1988. Upon completion of training at the Junior Leaders Regiment in Bovington he was allocated to the Royal Army Pay Corps where he completed his initial corps and employment training. He was then posted to 2nd Field Regiment Royal Artillery in Germany. After a two year posting he was promoted to Corporal and served a six month operational tour with the United Nations in Cyprus. In 1991 he was posted to the Light Division Depot in Winchester as both a section commander recruit instructor and as an initial employment training instructor. In October 1993 he was promoted to Sergeant and posted as part of the Northern Ireland Training Team in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.^In 1995 he was posted to 36 Engineer Regiment in Maidstone and during his tenure he was deployed to Bosnia in 1996 as part of the NATO Implementation Force. Then in 1997 he was posted to The Light Dragoons in Germany and during this posting he completed a second operational tour in Bosnia. In January 2000 he was promoted to Staff Sergeant and posted to Army Training Regiment in Winchester as a recruit platoon commander. He was promoted to Warrant Officer Class Two in January 2002.^On 10 March 2003 he transferred to the Australian Regular Army. After a brief period at 1st/15th Royal New South Wales Lancers he was posted to the Army Recruit Training Centre at Kapooka as a Platoon Sergeant. After two years he assumed the position of the Training Warrant Officer within the Training and Assessment Cell and was promoted to Warrant Officer Class II on 1 July 2006. He was awarded a Commandant's Commendation for his work as a recruit instructor.^In January 2007 he was posted to the 1st Combat Service Support Battalion in the role of Company Sergeant Major. In early 2008 he was selected to be Company Sergeant Major of the Combat Service Support Team that deployed to Afghanistan as part of the 1st Mentoring and Reconstruction Task Force. In January 2010 he was posted to the 1st Aviation Regiment as Squadron Sergeant Major. He was promoted to Warrant Officer Class One in January 2012 and appointed Regimental Sergeant Major of 13 Combat Support Battalion.^With research.