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Lot 2302 SESSION 13 (2.30PM THURSDAY 20TH MARCH)) Soldiers
Estimate $220
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $320
RETURN FOB, in gold (9ct; 5.85g; 27x30mm), by S.H (S.Hoffnung), ring top suspension, reverse inscribed, Presented/by/Citizens/to/S Sergt. R.E.Weeks/Gosford/1919'. Very fine.
Robert Edgar Weeks, age 18, born at Ultimo, Sydney, NSW; Enl.15Sep1915 at Holdsworthy, NSW while an apprentice butcher at Gosford and with compulsory military training in 1911; Emb.02Nov1915; to 2LHR 05Jan1916 at Maadi; TOS 2MGSqn 25Jul1916; various other postings; to hospital with malaria 25Jul1918; RTA & Disemb.01Sep1919; Disch.22Nov1919 as St Sergt; also served in WWII under service number N.60380.
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