Militaria
Lot 1624 SESSION 6 (9.30AM TUESDAY 31ST AUGUST) Militaria
Estimate $70
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $120
WWI DOG TAG, in aluminium and inscribed, '1770/Don.A.J./A.F.C./(with small AFC between two wings at base)', on the other side, 'N.O.K./Don CJ/Gorge/Via Kyogle/NSW'; also embroidered AFC pilot's wings badge (replica); small photo and written on back, 'Signallers Smith & Slavin/AFC Miannay 1919/3rd Sqn'. Fine.
Note: Miannay is a commune in the Somme in northern France. C.J.Don at the Gorge, Kyogle, NSW is A.J.Don's father and next of kin.
Alexander James Don, photographer, age 23, born at Gympie, Qld; Enl.28Mar1917 at Brisbane, Qld; to AFC Camp, Laverton, Vic 28Mar1917; Emb.16Jun1917; TOS 33 Trg Sqn AFC 22Nov1917 from 30 Trg Sqn; to France 04Apr1918 as 2/AM; to No.1 Aircraft Depot 06Apr1918 and TOS 3Sqn AFC on 10Apr1918; to hospital with debility (tuberculosis) 01Jul1918 and to hospital in England; RTA 20Nov1918; Disch.30Mar1919; Died 13Jan1961 in Brisbane, Qld.
With research.
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