Orders, Decorations & Medals - Australian Singles

Sale 135    8–12 Apr 2024   Dixson Room, State Library of NSW   Sydney

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Lot 3961    SESSION 18 (11.30AM FRIDAY 12TH APRIL)    Orders, Decorations & Medals - Australian Singles

Estimate $100
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $60

COLONIAL AUXILIARY FORCE LONG SERVICE MEDAL, (GVR in uniform), with modern pin-back ribbon suspender. No 309 Sgt W.Simons 3rd A.I. Regt. 1st Br: 20.7.12. Renamed and engraved. Harshly cleaned, very good.

Ex Downies Australian Coin Auctions 326 (lot 2912) in 2018.
CAFLSM: CAG No.47 20/7/1912, p1299 to 309 Sgt. W.Simons, 3rd A.I.R. 1st Btn. 2nd M.D.
William Simons, farmer and later motor proprietor, age 25, born at Rhyana, Goulburn, NSW; Enl.19Apr1902 for service in the Boer War in South Africa with Aust C'Wth Horse; Emb.22May1902; hostilities ceased 31May1902; RTA 01Aug1902 and discharged to Part Time Duty; awarded CAFLSM Dec1912 as Sergeant; Enl.19Feb1917 in AIF; Emb.10May1917; to 1LHR 16Aug1917 and to Driver 09Feb1918; sick with malaria and then with pyrexia; RTA 22Dec1918; Disch.19Mar1919 Medically Unfit; Died 14Nov1951 in Queensland; his brother, Mountford Simons born in 1864 died in Egypt 03May1916 with 2nd Remount Unit.
With research by Mostly Unsung, copy of WWI Service File and other research.

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