Orders, Decorations & Medals - Other Properties - Aus

Lot 3692    SESSION 13 (2.30PM THURSDAY 2ND APRIL)    Orders, Decorations & Medals - Other Properties - Aust.

Estimate $150
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $270

BRITISH WAR MEDAL 1914-1918, 2733 Pte D. McClay. 60-Bn A.I.F., another to 3403 Pte W.J. Williams. 33Bn. A.I.F.; Victory Medal 1914-1919. 6616 Pte. H.Jones 20 Bn A.I.F.; another to 81073 Pte. E. Evans R.A.M.C. All medals impressed. Four single medals, fine - good very fine.

David McClay, labourer, age 44, born at Strathern, Vic; Enl.28Feb1916 at Melbourne, Vic; Emb.02Oct1916; RTA 25Aug1917; Disch.26Nov1917; Died 12Mar1923.

William Jones Williams, wardsman, age 33, born at Blaenau, Ffestiniog, North Wales; Enl.20Jun1917 at East Sydney Recruiting Depot, Darlinghurst; Emb.16Jul1917; RTA 06Jun1918; Disch.24Sep1918 Medically Unfit - Debility; Report from 2 Aust Command Depot, Weymouth, dated 16Nov1917 states, 'Never accustomed to hard work, has been found impossible to train him.'

Herbert Jones, labourer, age 26, born at Hamilton, Newcastle, NSW; Enl.11Dec1916 at Show Ground Camp, Sydney, NSW; Emb.01Feb1917; KIA 09Jul1918 in France; Buried at Hamelet Australian Cemetery, east of Villers Bretonneux and later exhumed and re-interred at Crucifix Corner British Cemetery, 1 mile S.S.East of Villers Bretonneux.