Orders, Decorations & Medals - Australian Groups

Lot 2815    SESSION 14 (2.30PM THURSDAY 23RD NOV)    Orders, Decorations & Medals - Australian Groups

Estimate $850
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $600

GROUP OF FIVE: Order of St John Officer's Breast Badge; Order of St John Serving Brother Breast Badge; British War Medal 1914-18; Victory Medal 1914-19; Service Medal of the Order of St John with two five year bars and two five year crosses affixed to ribbon. The first two medals unnamed, 4756 Pte W.S.Brown. 48 Bn. A.I.F. on third and fourth medals, 6370. W.S.Brown. Australia. S.J.A.B. 1950. on last medal. The third and fourth medals impressed, the last medal engraved. Display mounted except for the miniature, a few chips in the enamel of the second medal, otherwise fine - very fine.

Together with Order of St John Officer's Breast Badge miniature; W.A.G.R.A.C. (Western Australian Government Railways Ambulance Corps) Service Medal in voided gold (9ct; 6.3g; 28x32mm), by S.Middlewick, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed, 'W.S.Brown/1944'; Western Australian Government Railways Ambulance Corps fob badge in silver and enamel (26x41mm), by Cumpston, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed, 'W.S.Brown/1939'.
William Stephen Brown, orchardist, age 21, born at Brighton, Sussex, England; Enl.01Dec1915 at Perth, WA; Emb.06Mar1916 with 15Rfts 16Bn; TOS 48Bn 18Jul1916, France; WIA 08Aug1916 shell shock, France; rejoined unit 29Mar1917; WIA (2nd occasion) 11Apr1917 shell shock, France; rejoined unit 24Apr1917; married at Brighton, England 16May1917; RTA 21Jun1919; Disch.25Sep1919.
With copy of Service File and a group b&w photo featuring Pte W.S.Brown in uniform.