Orders, Decorations & Medals - Australian Groups
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Lot 5000 Session 18 (2.30pm Friday) Orders, Decorations & Medals - Australian Groups
Estimate $250
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $300
PAIR: British War Medal 1914-18; Victory Medal 1914-19. 2165 Pte G.E.Challis. 46 Bn. A.I.F. Both medals impressed. Extremely fine.
George Edmund Challis, junior clerk, age 18, born at West Melbourne, Vic; Enl.14Apr1916, at Melbourne, Vic, previous service of 3 years with Senior Cadets and 9 months with Citizen Forces; Emb.16Aug1916; accidentally injured while training 20Dec1916; MIA 11Apr1917 at Bullecourt and after Court of Inquiry declared KIA; commemorated at Villers-Bretonneux Memorial.
With research including copy of studio photo.
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