Orders, Decorations & Medals - Australian Singles

Lot 4557    SESSION 18 (2.30PM FRIDAY 31ST MARCH)    Orders, Decorations & Medals - Australian Singles

Estimate $80
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SOLD $110

VICTORY MEDAL 1914-19. 6017 Pte. C.B.Fowler. 3 Bn. A.I.F. Impressed.; also Anzac Commemorative Medallion 1915 lapel badge, issued in 1967, in bronze, reverse engraved, 'J.B.Taylor', double lug back. The medal with damaged ribbon, otherwise very fine. (2)

Cecil Benjamin Fowler, tailor, age 35, born at Crookwell, NSW; Enl.17Jan1916 at Liverpool, Sydney, NSW; Emb.22Aug1916, with 18Rfts 3Bn; to France 13Dec1916; TOS 3Bn 27Jan1917; to hospital sick with trench feet 27Mar1917 and transferred to hospital in England; tfr to 1st London Gen Hosp with trench feet and bronchitis; RTA 27Sep1917 for a change with bronchitis; Disch.05Feb1918 Medically Unfit; Died 05May1947; Officers and members of the Totally and Permanently Disabled Soldiers' Association were requested to attend the funeral to leave Wheatley's Private Chapel at Crown St, Sydney city on Tuesday 6 May 1947 for the Church of England Cemetery at Rookwood.^^John Basford Taylor, traveller, age 21, born at Bournemouth, London, England; Enl.23Oct1914 at Melbourne, Vic, with previous service in Senior Cadets; Emb.22Dec1914 with 2 Div Sig Coy; to Venereal Hospital 30Jun1915 with gonorrhea; discharge from hospital 16Jul1915; to Gallipoli 06Aug1915; TOS 4 Div Sig Coy 09Mar1916 at Tel-el-Kebir; to France 18Jun1916; various admissions to hospital sick; RTA 03Dec1918; Disch.28Mar1919; applied for Anzac Medal with badge 03May1967.