Orders, Decorations & Medals - Australian Groups

Lot 4826    SESSION 18 (2.30PM FRIDAY 29TH JULY)    Orders, Decorations & Medals - Australian Groups

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

GROUP OF FOUR TO KIA: Queen's South Africa Medal 1899, (type 3 reverse), - four clasps - Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1902; 1914-15 Star; British War Medal 1914-18; Victory Medal 1914-19. 2341 Pte D.Fulton. Highland L.I. on first medal, 726 Pte D.R.Fulton. 20 Bn. A.I.F. on second medal, 2-Lieut. D.R.Fulton. A.I.F. on last two medals. All medals impressed. Very fine.

David Roger Fulton, cellarman, 30, born at Paisley, Renfrenshire, Scotland; Enl.29Apr1915 at Liverpool, NSW, with 4 years 129 days service in Highland Light Infantry and 2 years 3 months in Australian Scottish (Newcastle) Corps; to Cpl 14Jul1915; Emb.26Jun1915; to MEF Gallipoli 16Aug1915; to BEF France 24Mar1916; to Sgt 27Jul1917; to 2/Lt 29Sep1917; KIA 06Nov1917, Belgium - officer letter - 'On the night of 6/7th November '17 this officer had a fatigue party at a ration dump between Polygon Wood and Retaliation Farm (Map Sheet Polygon Wood or Zonnebeke 1/20,000). He was hit by a shell which killed him instantly. I think he was buried where he fell.'; commemorated at Menin Gate Memorial.