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Lot 122 SESSION 1 eSALE ONLINE ONLY (MON 25TH NOV CLOSE FROM 9..30AM
Estimate $70
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RETURNED FROM ACTIVE SERVICE BADGE (AIF), by Stokes & Sons, Melb, reverse numbered 131556. Very fine.
With research including copy of Service File by Mostly Unsung stating issue of RAS badge 131556 vide National Archives of Australia Series MT1384/2 Book 117 page 1689 to Victor Lamington Reis, clerk, age 18, born at Brisbane, Qld; Enl.11Dec1914 (Regt No 741) at Brisbane, Qld with previous service of 6 months in 8 Militia Bn; Emb.09Feb1915 as Trumpeter with 2Reinf Gp for 5LHR; ops in Gallipoli with 5LHR from 07Jul1915; to Serapeum 23Feb1916 and ops in Sinai-Dueidar; evacuated to Abbassia 23Jul1916 with injured back; rejoined unit at Sheik Sowaid 20Feb1917 and ops in Rafa, Gaza, Wadi Ghuzze, Asluj Abda, Beersheba and Jerusalem; to Cpl 09Jan1918; to AIF HQs at Cairo 15Feb1918; to Sgt 09Mar1918; to Records Section Cairo 22Sep1918; sick with malaria 01 to 22Oct1918; ops during Egyptian Rebellion Mar1918; RTA 16May1919; Disch.27Jul1919 Medically Unfit.
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