Orders, Decorations & Medals - Aust. Singles

Lot 3122    SESSION 13 (2.30PM THURSDAY 25TH MARCH)    Orders, Decorations & Medals - Aust. Singles

Estimate $900
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $1,000

QUEEN'S SOUTH AFRICA MEDAL 1899, (type 3 reverse), - five clasps - Cape Colony, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Wittebergen. 528 Pte L.Fog. N.S.Wales M.R. Impressed. Hairlines, otherwise toned very fine.

528 Private Rudolph W.Fogg, 1st NSW Mounted Rifles, invalided to Australia, arrived 12Nov1900 on board the steamer Yarrawonga with 6 other invalided soldiers. They received a hearty welcome at Victoria Barracks in Sydney.

Note: Different initials and spelling of surname in Murray. According to all reports read, the soldier's correct name is L.W.Fog.

The Sydney Morning Herald, Saturday 8 September 1900 on page 11 published a letter written by Private Fog. It reads ;- Private L. W. Fog, of the New South Wales Mounted Infantry, writing from Vredefort on July 27, says -"We are living chiefly on poultry, eggs, butter, and sometimes a little bread , as for our rations, we turn up our noses at them now. We have been doing considerable travelling: in fact we have been going all the time since we left Pretoria. We got to within six miles of Lindley when De Wet attacked our rearguard, and they came galloping into the transports, with the Boers after them. This left the rear unprotected, and the dismounted men, with Lieutenant Garvan in charge, were ordered back to stop the attack. I happened to be riding with Lieutenant Garvan when he got the order, so I went back with him, and I can assure you they gave it us hot for about half an hour, then we got the pom-pom on to them, and they cleared out as hard as they could go. In this engagement I got hit for the first time, a spent bullet hitting me just above the knee without, however, inflicting a wound."