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Lot 2304 SESSION 13 (2.30PM THURSDAY 20TH MARCH)) Soldiers
Estimate $360
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $480
RETURN FOB, in gold (15ct; 5.68g; 31.5x35.5mm), by Newman, ring top suspension but this broken, obverse inscribed, 'A.I.F', reverse inscribed, 'Presented to/No 5234/Pte. A.E.Whimpey/by his/Tarnagulla friends/on his return from/active service'. Bumps, hairlines and suspension missing, otherwise fine.
Arthur Edgar Whimpey, age 19, born at Tarnagulla; Enl.03Jan1915 at Bendigo, Vic; Emb.01Apr1916; to 57Bn 27Jul1916; WIA 28Oct1916 France; to France 29May1917; RTA 15May1919; Disch.14Aug1919.
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