Orders, Decorations & Medals - Australian Groups
Lot 2163 SESSION 11 (9.30AM THURSDAY 31ST MARCH) Orders, Decorations & Medals - Australian Groups
Estimate $2,000
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $2,600
MM TRIO: Military Medal (GVR type 1); British War Medal 1914-18; Victory Medal 1914-19. 1857 Cpl C.L.Whitby. 46/Aust:Inf: on first medal, 1857 T-Sgt. C.L.Whitby. 46-Bn. A.I.F. on last two medals. All medals impressed. Good very fine.
MM: LG 17/12/1917, p13200; CAG 02/5/1918, p1038.
'On the morning 29/9/1917 near Zonnebeke during a heavy bombardment by the enemy and when the enemy machine guns were sweeping the trench Corporal Whitby displayed remarkable coolness and deliberation, using his Lewis Gun to such advantage that enemy parties advancing against our position were repulsed and totally dispersed. His conduct and example in the line was excellent.'
Cecil Lewis Whitby, labourer, age 24, born Brighton, Vic; Enl.19Jul1915 at Melbourne, Vic, with 2 yrs training in Cadets; Emb.04Apr1916 with 2Rfts 46Bn; TOS 46Bn 17Feb1917; Appointed L/Cpl 21May1917; Cpl 25Aug1917; awarded MM 14Oct1917; T-Sgt 22Oct1917; Cpl 29Dec1917; WIA 17Aug1918 GSW left leg, France; RTA 15Jan1919; Disch.16Apr1919.
With copy of Service File, together with original letter to Cpl Whitby's father advising of the award of the MM; an original letter from Australian Red Cross Society, Victorian Division to his father advising that Cpl Whitby had been wounded; an original newspaper clipping of Cpl Whitby's MM award; other research giving details of the MM award to Whitby.
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