Orders, Decorations & Medals - Australian Groups

Lot 4499    SESSION 18 (2.30PM FRIDAY 31ST MARCH)    Orders, Decorations & Medals - Australian Groups

Estimate $800
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $480

GROUP OF FIVE: 1939-45 Star; Pacific Star; Defence Medal 1939-45; War Medal 1939-45; Australia Service Medal 1939-45. VX21747 N.C. Dodd. All medals impressed. Uncirculated.

Together with Sergeant's stripes (2 different, one for jacket and another for shirt); Rising Sun hat badge (KC) in oxidised bronze; Rising Sun collar badge (KC) in oxidised bronze; Australia title badges (2, one in oxidised bronze and one in brass); rectangular metal dog tag on a steel chain, the tag inscribed, 'N.C. Dodd/V.X.21747./C of E.'; fibre compound dog tags on a nylon neck cord, on tag circular, the other hexagonal, both impressed, 'VX21747/ Dodd N. C/CE'the hexagonal tag impressed on reverse, 'A2'; nickel silver wrist watch, no band and missing seconds hand, reverse inscribed, 'Sgt. C.Dodd./A.I.F/from/Pakenham Citizens.'; padded leather purse; leather photo holder; leather wallet with various compartments and a nail file; polished metal plate with pierced hole at top for use as a mirror, in a leather holder marked 'Good Luck'; leather wallet style holder with two typed sheets, one with instructions for 'Balloon Barrage D.R.O. 5', the other issued by U.S. Navy titled, 'Air Raid Precautions For Civilians'; Soldier's Pay Book (2, different); Soldier's Record Of Service Book; large leather folder for holding note book and other items, on cover is gold blocked, 'N. C. Dodd' in one corner and in the opposite corner is a small bronze Rising Sun badge (KC); leather fold-over holder with a clip-lock and containing a note book with pencil and also a polished metal plate with pierced hole at top for use as a mirror, on the front of the folder is gold blocked with the City of Hawthorn arms and below and across the folder, 'VX 21747/A:SGT./N. C. Dodd'; The Australian Soldiers' Pocket Book; navy blue neck ribbon but no medal (perhaps a Masonic issue); Australian Army Pay Corps WWII colour patch; other documents including issue of equipment, Duty and Leave Passes, Certificate of Discharge dated 7/9/45; Australian Military Forces Will of VX21747 Sergeant Dodd, Norman Cedric, 2nd Anti-Aircraft Regiment dated 7 Sept 40; various b&w photos; small bottle of Salt Tablets by The Sanax Co.^^Norman Cedric Dodd, bank clerk, age 22, born at Learmouth, Vic; Enl.20Oct1939 (V81711) at South Melbourne, Vic; TOS 3 District Accounts & promoted to Cpl 20Oct1939; to Sgt 01Jan1940; Disch.04Jun1940 to enlist in AIF; Enl.05Jun1940 in AIF at Caulfield, Melbourne, Vic; Disch.07Sep1945 as Sergeant ex AAPC CPM SEC (MC). ^^Norman Cedric Dodd was the youngest son of Rev. E.J. Dodd of Packenham East. He married Joyce Agnes Scarcebrook of Hawthorn East at the Church of Christ, Swanston East on Friday 20 September 1940 and named her in his will dated 12 November 1940.^^With basic research.