Orders, Decorations & Medals - Australian Groups
Lot 4883 SESSION 18 (2.30PM FRIDAY 29TH JULY) Orders, Decorations & Medals - Australian Groups
Estimate $300
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $750
TRIO TO NEW GUINEA NATIVE: 1939-45 Star; Pacific Star; War Medal 1939-45. NGN1004 Suwer. All medals impressed. Display mounted, extremely fine.
Suwer, hospital worker, age 25, born at Maira Village, Madang, New Guinea; Enl.29Nov1944 at Nadzab, New Guinea in New Guinea Infantry Battalion (NGIB); TOS 2NGIB 29Nov1944; admitted to 2/2 Aust Fd Amb 13Sep1945; evacuated to Angau Nat Hospital at Maprik 14Sep1945; released from hospital 27Sep1945; awarded 1939-45 Star and Pacific Star 04Dec1945; Disch.21May1946; also awarded War Medal 1939-45.
With copy of Record of Service.
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