Orders, Decorations & Medals - Australian Groups

Lot 1382    SESSION 8 (11.30AM WEDNESDAY 26TH NOVEMBER)    Orders, Decorations & Medals - Australian Groups

Estimate $600
Bid at live.noble.com.au

GROUP OF FOUR: 1914-15 Star; British War Medal 1914-18; Victory Medal 1914-19; Australia Service Medal 1939-45. 1677 Pte W.H. (sic) Bentley. 20/Bn. A.I.F. on first medal, 1677 Pte H.W. Bentley. 20 Bn. A.I.F. on second and third medals and V357092 H.W.Bentley on fourth medal. Swing mounted, fine - extremely fine.

Together with swing mounted set of four miniature medals; ribbon bar for War Medal and Pacific Star; Anzac Commemorative Medallion badge 1915, issued 1967, in bronze (C.1915/3), inscribed to H.W.Bentley.^Ex Collector Sales, Brisbane, Queensland 27/4/1996.^WWI: Herbert W. Bentley, hospital operating theatre attendant, age 23, born at Melbourne, Vic; Enl.23May 1915 at Liverpool, NSW in 2RFTS 20 Bn; to Gallipoli 18Sep1915; various admissions to hospital; invalided to Australia 9Aug1916.^WWII: Herbert William Wright Bentley, PMG Accounts, age 50; Enl.02Apr1942 at Ripponlea, Vic; served in RSL Volunteer Defence Corps, The Home Guard.^With copy of Service File and other research.