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Lot 2305 SESSION 13 (2.30PM THURSDAY 20TH MARCH)) Soldiers
Estimate $600
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $750
RETURN FOB, in gold (15ct; tot wt 9.55g; 36x34mm), by WD (W.Drummond), ring top suspension with safety chain and with pin-back fitting, reverse inscribed, 'Pres to/Pte Thos Whittingham/For service/for King and Country/in the Great War/Lillimur/July 1917'. Good very fine.
Thomas Charles Whittingham, age 31, born at Lillimur, Vic; Enl.30Dec1914 at Kaniva, Vic in 58Bn; Emb.13Apr1915; admitted to A&NZ Convoy Hospital 16Nov1915; various other hospitalisations; TOS 6Bn 17Feb1916; RTA 05Jul1916; Disch.11Feb1917 Medically Unfit.
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