Orders, Decorations & Medals - Australian Groups

Lot 2192    SESSION 11 (9.30AM THURSDAY 31ST MARCH)    Orders, Decorations & Medals - Australian Groups

Estimate $3,500
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BEM GROUP OF FIVE: British Empire Medal (EIIR); United Nations Korea Medal 1950-53; Vietnam Medal 1964-73; Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (EIIR with Tudor crown), with Australia suspender; South Vietnam Campaign Medal, - clasp - 1960-. 1/921 T/Sgt R.Deed 3 Bn R.A.R on first medal, second medal unnamed, 1921 R.Deed on third and fifth medals, 1921 WOI R.Deed on fourth medal. The third medal is impressed, all other named medals engraved. Court mounted with provision for two missing medals, edge nick on third medal, otherwise very fine.

Ex Warwick G.Cary Collection.

Also entitled to Korea Medal 1950-53; Commonwealth of Australia Meritorious Service Medal; Mention in Despatches (Vietnam); and Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm Unit Citation.

BEM: LG 5/6/1952, p3058; CAG 19/6/1952, p2832, to 1921 Sergeant Raymond Deed, 1RHU (1st Reinforcement Holding Unit).

Citation: Integrity & devotion in training reinforcements.

Recommendation: Sergeant Deed returned to Japan from Korea on 25 June 1951 after serving during the bitter winter campaigns. Quite frequently whilst in Korea this NCO commanded a platoon with distinction. On his return he elected to stay in Japan to train reinforcements for the battalion, although he was given the option of returning to his home in Australia. Sergeant Deed was aware of the urgent need for trained reinforcements.

This Unit has always been short of officers and Sergeant Deed has been entrusted with platoons on field firing exercises, bivouacs and such exercises. His integrity, devotion to duty and ability always of the highest, has on these occasions been proved by the fact that not one man of his platoon has ever suffered injury during training.

During the period of the October campaign, when Third Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment was in desperate need of reinforcements, Sergeant Deed worked continuously without rest for five weeks and to his credit must be attributed much of the credit that it was possible to send enough well trained reinforcements forward to bring the battalion to full strength within a few weeks.

MID: LG 21/12/1971, p13968; CAG 16/12/1971, p7596, to 1921 Warrant Officer Class 1, AATTV.

LS&GCM: CAG No.94 2/11/1967, p5985, to 1921 WOII Raymond Deed BEM, RAInfy Corps.

MSM: CAG No.85 17/10/1968, p5898, to 1921 WOI Raymond Deed BEM, RAInfy Corps.

Raymond Deed, born 25Apr1927, at Kingaroy, Qld; Warrant Officer Class 1, RAInfy Corps; served in Korea as Sergeant with 3RAR 28Sep1950 to 16Jul1951; awarded British Empire Medal; served in Vietnam as Warrant Officer Class 1 with AATTV 25Jun1970 to 23Jun1971; awarded MID.