Australian Groups

Lot 1520    SESSION 6 (9.30AM TUESDAY 31ST AUGUST)    Australian Groups

Estimate $500
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $1,200

TRIO TO 4LHR WIA: 1914-15 Star; British War Medal 1914-18; Victory Medal 1914-19. 1680 Pte J.L.L.Vafiopulous. 4/L.H. Rgt. A.I.F. on first medal, 1689 Pte J.L.L Vafiopulous 4 L.H.R. A.I.F. on second medal, 1689 Pte. J.L.L. Vafiopulous. 4 L.H.R. A.I.F. on last medal. All medals impressed. Swing mounted with original ribbons, contact marks, otherwise good fine.

Together with pin-back mother of pearl leaf brooch with Mother across it in brass wire lettering; small strip of timber with the name, 'J.L.L Vafiopulous' inscribed thereon.

John Leslie Lancelot Vafiopulous, engine driver, age 20, born at Bendigo, Vic; Enl.06Jul1915 at Bendigo, Vic, with previous service of 2 years with Light Horse at Bendigo; As he was under 21 his mother, Mrs I.Davis, gave permission for his enlistment because his father, a miner, was deceased; Emb.23Nov1915; TOS 4LHR 02Jan1916; trf to 1Div Cavalry 20Mar1916; to 2LHR 07Jul1916; detached for duty with Anti-Aircraft Section 2nd Anzac Corps 29Mar1917; rejoined unit 11Apr1917; detached for duty with Anti-Aircraft Section 2nd Anzac Corps 05May1917 to 25May1917; to 4LHR and then WIA 07Jun1917 GSW left shoulder, France in Battle of Messines; new designation, 22 Army Corps Lt Horse Regt c25Dec1917; married Annie Elizabeth Cantrill, age 19 at Wellington Church, Staffordshire on 15Aug1918 while AWOL; TOS Army Ord Corps 29Nov1918; RTA 23Jul1919 via troop ship Canberra with his wife and child born 13Mar1919; Disemb.11Sep1919; Disch.03Nov1919.

John L.L.Vafiopulous' son, John Leslie Victor Vafiopulous, a commercial traveller, was killed in a road accident on the Geelong-Melbourne Road on 3 October 1947. His wife Annie Elizabeth Nancy Vafiopulous died at Bendigo on 3 January 1969 and he died on 16 November 1975 and was buried at Bendigo, Victoria.

With a considerable amount of research including a copy of Service File.