Orders, Decorations & Medals - Australian Groups

Lot 3015    SESSION 14 (2.30PM THURSDAY 1ST AUG)    Orders, Decorations & Medals - Australian Groups

Estimate $15,000
Bid at live.noble.com.au

DSO GROUP OF NINE TO WIA: Distinguished Service Order (GVIR 1st cipher); British War Medal 1914-18; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, - clasp - 8th Army; Pacific Star; Defence Medal 1939-45; War Medal 1939-45 with MID; Australia Service Medal 1939-45; Efficiency Decoration (EIIR) with Australia suspender. First medal unnamed as issued, 69244 A-L-Cpl A.A.C. Carter. G.S.R. A.I.F. on second medal, VX13696 A.A.C. Carter on third to eighth medals, 3/87002 Maj. A.A.C. Carter. C.M.F. on last medal. The second to eighth medals impressed and the ninth medal engraved. Display court mounted, nearly extremely fine.

Group originally donated to Naval & Military Club by Mrs Carter.^DSO: Supplement to LG 14/10/1943, p4545 - to Major Archibald Arthur Carter (VX13696), Australian Military Forces, in recognition of gallant and distinguished service in the Middle East.^MID: Supplement to LG 22/6/1943, p2865 - to Maj. A.A.C.Carter (VX13696), in recognition of gallant and distinguished services in the Middle East during the period 1st May, 1942 to 22nd October 1942. ^Archibald Arthur Cameron Carter, clerk and later university employee and electrical mechanic, born 12Apr1903 at Maidenhead, UK; WWI: Enl.27Jun1918 at Melbourne, Vic with previous service in Senior Cadets; Emb.02Nov1918 with 17 Victorian General Service Reinforcements; war ended and recalled 11Nov1918; to Lieut in Militia 23Mar1930; Captain Nov1936 with 6 Heavy Brigade at Nepean, NSW; to full-time duty 15Apr1940; Enl.01May1940 and to 2/2 Medium Regt; Supply Course 16-19Sep1940; to 2/12 Field Regt 20Oct1940; Emb.17Nov1940 for Middle East; Disemb.17Dec1940 at Suez and to camp at Palestine followed by Garrison Duty in Syria and ops in North Africa including El Alamein; training 28Nov to 22Dec1941; to 2/11 Field Ambulance, sick, 29Apr-10May1942; WIA 06Nov1942, to 2/6 Aust General Hosp with shrapnel to chest and abdomen; rejoined unit 14Jan1943; RTA 14Jan1943; to camp in Qld 06Apr1943; Emb.09Aug1943 for Port Moresby, NG; RTA 07Mar1944 from Finschhafen; to 2/2 Aust Gen Hospital 03-07Oct1944 with fracture; Emb.26Apr1945 for Morotai; to Labuan 01Jun1945; RTA 17Jan1946; to Reserve List 16Mar1946; Major with CMF 01May1948 and to 8/7 Infy Bn; Died 02Jun1976 at Heidelberg Hospital, Vic.^With research by Mostly Unsung.