Orders, Decorations & Medals - Aust. Groups
Lot 5198 Session 19 (4:30pm Friday) Orders, Decorations & Medals - Aust. Groups
Estimate $1,000
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $2,000
PAIR: British War Medal 1914-18; Victory Medal 1914-19. 2482 Pte E.C.Altmann. 4 L.H.R. A.I.F. Both medals impressed. Display mounted, good very fine.
Ernest Charles Altmann, farmer, age 25, born at Wilmington, Sth Aust; Enl.24Jul1915 at Melbourne, Vic in 17th Rfts 4LHR; Emb.06May1916; to 1LHTR 12Jun1916; to 4LHR 30Aug1916; in the Charge at Beersheba on 31Oct1917; WIA 02May1918, GSW right arm, during the attack on Es Salt village in Palestine; RTA 30Aug1918; Disch.06Sep1919.
Recorded in the book, Beersheba, The men of the 4th Light Horse Regiment who charged on the 31st October 1917, by Graeme Massey, p22.
With research.
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