Orders, Decorations & Medals - Aust. Groups

Lot 4603    Session 16 (9:30am Friday 3rd August)    Orders, Decorations & Medals - Aust. Groups

Estimate $1,000
Bid at live.noble.com.au

TRIO TO WIA AT GALLIPOLI: 1914-15 Star; British War Medal 1914-18; Victory Medal 1914-19. 720 Pte H.G.Mackay. 5/Bn. A.I.F. on first medal, Lieut. H.G.Mackay. A.I.F. on last two medals. All medals impressed. Swing mounted, toned, very fine.

Harold George Mackay, ironmonger, age 26, born at Moonee Ponds, Vic; Enl.18Aug1914 at Albert Park, Melbourne, Vic; Emb.21Oct1914; WIA 07Jun1915 GSW left side (slight) and arm, Gallipoli and to hospital at Malta 07Jun1915; to Dardanelles 19Jul1915; to Cpl 11Aug1915; to Sgt 01Sep1915; to 2/Lieut 04May1917; to Lieut 28Sep1917; attended 17th Rifle Course at Aust School of Musketry, Tidworth 17Jan-16Feb1918 and qualified 1st Class with fair working knowledge of Lewis Gun; 19Jun-23Sep1918 at 1st A.D.H (VD); studied poultry farming at University College, Reading 18Mar-28May1919 and then extended to 28Aug1919 with good performance record and very satisfactory results obtained; RTA 27Dec1919; Disch.11Feb1920.

After discharging in Australia, Harold Mackay went to New Zealand in March 1920 and lived at Levin and that vicinity. In 1946 he underwent medical examinations at Palmerston North to claim a disability due to war service and the resulting X-rays showed that he still had a bullet lodged in his lumbar region from when he was wounded at Gallipoli in 1915. The Medical Superintendent reported that Mackay's disability was the result of war service and that he was only fit for light employment.

With copy of Service File and photos.