Orders, Decorations & Medals - Australian Groups

Lot 3710    Session 12 (11.30am Thursday 26 March)    Orders, Decorations & Medals - Australian Groups

Estimate $3,500
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $3,600

PAIR TO PROMINENT SOUTH AUSTRALIAN: Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officer's Decoration (EVIIR); Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long Service Medal (EVIIR). Lieut. E.F. Feuerheerdt. 16th A.L.H. Regiment on first medal, Lieut. E.F. Feuerheerdt. 16th A.L.H. on second medal. Both medals engraved.

Together with cases for both, the first marked for maker, 'R & S Garrard & Co'; Masonic Knights Templar Knight's Cross breast jewel in 9ct gold (approx 6.5g) by Suhard & Co; large b&w studio photo in full Light Horse uniform, under glass in wooden frame (approx 57x78cm), together with a computer print and four smaller size glossy photos of the same; book titled, 1878 - 1978 A History of "The Bakers Range Settlement" Lucindale Centenary.

CAFOD: CAG No.20 13 Apr 1907, p699.

CAFLSM: CAG No.6 27 Jan 1906, p105.

Emil Friedrich Feuerheerdt, born Adelaide 27June 1864, the oldest of five brothers, his parents migrated from Germany and his father ran Crower Station, a sheep property at Lucindale, South Australia; this station, later under the control of Emil, introduced Romney Marsh sheep from New Zealand to the area and thus made the name Lucindale known internationally; 29Apr1885 at age 21 enrolled in South Australia into Rifle Volunteer Force (RVF) - Glen Osmond & Fullarton Coy; 13Jun1888 promoted from Sergeant to Lieutenant, Gazetted 21/6/88; 15Jun1892 Lieutenant - Volunteer Militia Reserve Force (VMRF) - resigned; 29Nov1909 Captain 16th ALH Regt, 4 Sqn at Naracoorte; Jan 1914 Major 4th MD - 22nd Light Horse (South Australian Mounted Rifles) at Narracoorte; Major (Honorary Lt-Colonel) E.F. Feuerheerdt, V.D. transferred (temporarily) from the Retired List vice Captain H.M. Parsons seconded for duty with the Australian Imperial Force - Commonwealth Gazette No.20 13/3/1915, p393.

Emil Feuerheerdt never married and had no children. He was renowned in his local area as having an extensive knowledge of scientific, horticultural and floricultural matters and was a well known breeder of Romney Marsh sheep. He was Chairman of the District Council Lucindale 1907-1915. He was also Chairman of the local branch of the Agricultural Bureau as well as holding positions with various other groups during his life and was a member of the Narracoorte Masonic Lodge. He was offered the command of a Transport in WWI - 1914 but declined as he was too sick. Lt-Colonel Emil Feuerheerdt died at Adelaide on 19 August 1915 at age 51. He had no overseas service.

The book, A History of "The Bakers Range Settlement" that accompanies the lot has full details of the history of Crower Station. At its peak this station was shearing 40,000 sheep annually and it was the Feuerheerdt brothers who introduced the first shearing machinery to the district. Under its principal, Emil Feuerheerdt, the Crower Romney Marsh Stud was registered being only the second stud to be registered in Australia. In 1919 Crower Station and its stately nine roomed, double story homestead was purchased by John McInnes. There are photos in the book of Emil Feuerheerdt as a member of the District Council of Lucindale in 1902-1903 and again in 1913, and also he is listed as Chairman of the Council 1907-1915.

With research.