Orders, Decorations & Medals - Australian Singles

Lot 5147    Session 19 (4.30pm Friday 25 November)    Orders, Decorations & Medals - Australian Singles

Estimate $400
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $620

1914-15 STAR. Captain R.G.Winn 1/A.G.H. A.I.F. Impressed.

Entitled to Military Cross and Mentioned in Despatches.

Doctor Roy Coupland Winn. Commissioned as Captain A.I.F. 27Jul1915 becoming Regimental Medical Officer for the 14th Battalion at Gallipoli; 07Oct1915 1st L H Field Ambulance Anzac; WIA 07Jun1917 GSW right foot which was then amputated; promoted to Major 24Aug1917; RTA at own expense 09Apr1918.

MID: LG 04Jan1917 'For his devotion to duty in attending to wounded under adverse conditions at Pozieres during the two periods in the line, viz., 6th August to 13th August and from 25th to 30th August, During the first period, this Officer worked unceasingly with little rest and in an exposed position continually subject to enemy shell fire, being twice slightly wounded. During the second period, his work was repetition of the first. At Bois Grenier on night of 4th/5th July 1916, after an enemy raid on a position of the trench held by this Battalion, this Officer was in the front line dressing wounded, and remained there until all had been attended to'.

MC: LG 20Dec1917 'During the recent fighting on Messines Ridge, Capt Winn was in charge of stretcher bearers evacuating wounded from right half of Divisional front. He went on duty on the evening of 7/6/17 and remained on until he was wounded on the afternoon of 9/6/17. During this period he was constantly patrolling the Bearer line under very heavy shell fire maintaining communications between Regimental Aid Posts and Advanced Dressing Stations. On one occasion he took a squad over the open through an intense barrage to R.A.P. at s.d.5.9.(sheet 25 S.W.1/20,000) in front of Messines, where there was a temporary glut of wounded: he himself was wounded, but continued to carry on until again wounded, nearly 24 hours later, this time serverely. Capt Winn's gallant conduct was undoubtedly the means of saving the lives of several wounded men, who, but for him, would have been out unprotected in a heavily barraged area.'