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In a hardshelled Waterman's pen case, with three Sunday School Pins (marked Union, St.Margaret's and Baptist), along with a unidentified fourth pin, attached to the white satin lining on the inside lid, case and pins also better than very fine.  Footnote: The prefix \"W\" denotes Western Australia and the prefix \"X\" denotes Australian Imperial Forces or Volunteer Overseas Service.","brand":"eMedals","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46110024433941,"sku":"W2117","price":250.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0713\/9105\/2053\/files\/img_05_ceaf1012-eda7-42b6-a2e3-2a99ed4f1fc9.jpg?v=1692843293"},{"product_id":"wwii-australia-service-medal-w01014","title":"Wwii Australia Service Medal","description":"WWII Australia Service Medal - (VX85245 I.S.J. SMITH). Naming is officially impressed in small capitals. 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Original ribbon, contact marks, very fine.","brand":"eMedals","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46110699847957,"sku":"W1724","price":100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0713\/9105\/2053\/files\/img_02_89128fd5-3089-46f0-96a3-3efa1785b830.jpg?v=1692847883"},{"product_id":"wwii-australia-service-medal-1939-1945-to-j-brent-w1741","title":"Wwii Australia Service Medal 1939-1945 To J. Brent","description":"WWII Australia Service Medal 1939-1945 to J. Brent - (NX118934 J. BRENT). Naming is officially impressed, service number coded with an \"N\" (New South Wales) and an \"X\" (Australian Service Forces or Volunteer Overseas Service). 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Court-mounted with swing bar pinback, as worn by the veteran, original ribbons, light contact, near extremely fine. Accompanied by an RAAF Pilot's Wing Badge (white and blue embroidery on black wool, reinforced backer, 37 mm x 119 mm) and an RAAF Cap Badge (bronze, 40.6 mm x 47.5 mm).Footnote: 40419 Sergeant John Donald Matheson was born on October 6, 1920 in Geelong, Victoria, Australia. He enlisted with the Royal Australian Air Force in Melbourne on April 28, 1941, naming his next-of-kin as his father, Donald Matheson. He served in both the North African and European theatres during the war and was discharged on May 28, 1946, while he was posted to the RAAF overseas in London.","brand":"eMedals","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46110855463189,"sku":"W1827","price":850.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0713\/9105\/2053\/files\/a_wwii_royal_aus_531a3843292f3.jpg?v=1692848361"},{"product_id":"an-australian-father-son-second-war-medal-bar-pair-w2367","title":"An Australian Father \u0026 Son Second War Medal Bar Pair","description":"An Australian Father \u0026amp; Son Second War Medal Bar Pair; Group of Four to Sergeant Harry Edwin Winter: British War Medal (2145 Sjt H.E. WINTER. 32 BN. A.I.F.); Victory Medal (2145 SGT. H.E. WINTER 32 BN. A.I.F.); War Medal 1939-1945 (S213550 H.E. WINTER); and Australian Service Medal 1939-1945 (S213550 H.E. WINTER). Group of Five to Private Frank Winter: 1939-1945 Star (SX25275 F. WINTER); Pacific Star (SX25275 F. WINTER); Defence Medal (SX25275 F. WINTER); War Medal 1939-1945 (SX25275 F. WINTER); and Australian Service Medal (SX25275 F. WINTER). Naming is officially impressed on both sets. Each group is court-mounted with a swing bar pinback, as worn by the veterans, original ribbon, light contact, near extremely fine. Accompanied by copies of Harry Edwin Winter's First World War Attestation Paper, Service Records, Medal Award Roll and correspondence regarding a replacement Discharge Certificate, along with assorted research papers on both father and son. \n \nFootnote: Harry Edwin Winter was born on December 12, 1888 in Goodwood, South Australia. He was a resident of Port Clinton, South Australia when he signed his Attestation Paper as a Private with the Australian Imperial Force at Adelaide, South Australia, on August 26, 1915, at the age of 26, naming his next-of-kin as his mother, Mrs. Jane Winter of Port Clinton, stating that he had no previous military service, that he had been previously rejected for military service \"on account (of) teeth\", that he was not married and that his trade was that of Artist. He was accepted into service on September 1, 1915, embarking Australia on February 7, 1916 aboard H.M.T. Miltiades, arriving in the Suez on March 11th. He was taken on strength of the 32nd Battalion at Duntroon Plateau on April 1st and embarked to join the British Expeditionary Force at Alexandria on June 17th. He entered the French theatre on September 3, 1916, joining the 39th Battalion, named Temporary Corporal on February 9, 1917 and Sergeant on March 28, 1918. He was hospitalized for various ailments throughout his military service, including diarrhea and influenza, among others, with his last discharge from hospital coming on December 24, 1918. He left for England, disembarking at Folkestone on February 18, 1919 and was granted leave from February 19th to June 19th, in order to attend the London School of Art as an Art Student. Upon his return from leave, he was transferred to the 32nd Battalion on June 19, 1919, returned to Australia on July 1, 1919 aboard H.M.T. Frankfurt and was discharged from service on October 10, 1919. For his First World War service, Sergeant Harry Edwin Winter was awarded the British War Medal and the Victory Medal. Twenty years and four months later, Winter enlisted for Second World War service as a Sergeant (S213550) on February 22, 1940 at Woodside, South Australia, naming his next-of-kin as his wife, Alice Winter and served with the 22nd Lines of Communication Salvage Section for eight years, before being discharged on February 27, 1948. For his Second World War service, Sergeant Harry Edwin Winter was awarded the War Medal 1939-1945 and the Australian Service Medal. His son, Frank Winter, was born on July 16, 1921 in Richmond, South Australia. The younger Winter enlisted for Second World War service as a Private (SX25275) with the Australian Army, on August 19, 1942 in Richmond, South Australia. He was assigned to the 27th Australian Infantry Battalion (South Australian Scottish). The Battalion was called up for protective duties in South Australia and held regular training camps. Two days after Japan entered the war in 1941, the Battalion was mobilized and travelled to Darwin, Northern Territory. Based at Winnellie, the Battalion worked on defensive positions at various locations and received its first taste of action in Darwin, with the Japanese bombings of the town in 1942. The Battalion also saw action in New Guinea during the war. Private Frank Winter was discharged from service on March 22, 1946. For his Second World War service, he was awarded the 1939-1945 Star, the Pacific Star, the Defence Medal, the War Medal 1939-1945 and the Australian Service Medal. ","brand":"eMedals","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46111576162581,"sku":"W2367","price":525.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0713\/9105\/2053\/files\/img_08_af8174d8-53e0-488e-a47c-382ff9cbaca0.jpg?v=1692850102"},{"product_id":"a-second-war-royal-navy-long-service-group-gb4877","title":"A Second War Royal Navy Long Service Group","description":"A Second War Royal Navy Long Service Group  - 1939-1945 Star; Atlantic Star with France \u0026amp; Germany clasp; Defence Medal; War Medal 1939-45; and Royal Naval Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, George VI (MX. 45817 E.P.PLACE. C.P.O.CK. H.M.S.VICTORY). Naming is officially impressed. Two accompanying ribbon bars. very fine. ","brand":"eMedals","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46115214131477,"sku":"GB4877","price":195.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0713\/9105\/2053\/files\/a_second_war_roy_55252958ec211.jpg?v=1692854638"},{"product_id":"a-second-war-long-service-group-to-the-army-physical-training-corps-gb4974","title":"A Second War Long Service Group To The Army Physical Training Corps","description":"A Second War Long Service Group to the Army Physical Training Corps - 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; British Issue Defence \u0026amp; War Medal; GV Army Long Service \u0026amp; Good Conduct Medal; Regula Army (5249399 W.O. CL.2. E.R.BUNTON. A.P.T.C.) 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Accompanied by a complete set of six original stamped paper packets of issue for the medals, a Union Defence Forces Medals Transmittal Slip (in English and Dutch), fourteen pages of service papers and ten pages of additional research papers.\n \nFootnote: Basil Edwin Rys Jones was born at Robertson, Cape Province on March 27, 1908. He had registered with the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants on March 27, 1927, at which time he was articling with N.S. Wood. The registration commenced on April 1, 1926 and ran for four years, expiring on April 1, 1930, however, the registration itself was cancelled by mutual consent on October 5, 1928. He enlisted in the South African Forces on September 19, 1940 at the age of 34, stating that his trade was that of Accountant and that he had worked for Parry, Leon and Hayhoe, Port Elizabeth and naming his next-of-kin as his wife, Mrs. Linda Leibbrandt Jones of 93 Galway Road, Parkview, Johannesburg (1940) and later, of Mount Pleasant, The Fairway Camps Bay, Cape Province (1941), the couple having no children. Jones applied for enlistment to the Active Citizen Force on May 19, 1940, his application stating that he was a Union National that had lived only in South Africa, that he had previous military service with the National Volunteer Reserve Brigade and that he had a preference for service in an Anti-Aircraft unit, with his second choice being Transport. As a Gunner, he received his first posting into the Cape Province Artillery Brigade. He attested for service on May 10, 1941 for service anywhere in Africa and joined the 1st Heavy Battery at Cape Town. He was transferred to the 5th Heavy Battery on June 20th, and later, joined the 3rd Anti-Aircraft Regiment of the South African Artillery on November 18th. He served at first with 8 Battery, then with 7 Battery beginning on December 22nd. He remained with 7 Battery until March 1, 1942, when he was promoted to Lance-Bombardier and attached to the South African Artillery Depot at Ottery Camp for training on the 8th Anti-Aircraft Cadet Course. Eleven days later, he joined the 4th Heavy Battery SAA on the 12th and remained with them until June 1st, when he was placed with the 1st Searchlight Regiment SAA until August 1st, when he participated in the 8th course at the SAA Depot. Following the course, he was promoted from Lance-Bombardier to 2nd Lieutenant on September 19th. This new rank brought a new appointment on the same day, as Section Commander with the 2nd Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery, 3rd Regiment SAA, joining his new unit on the 23rd. He was posted to the 7th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery SAA, once again as a Section Commander, on October 6th, joining them on the 16th and serving for four months. He was then transferred from the 7 Battery at Premier Camp to the Reserve of Officers of the 12th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment on February 10, 1943 and was carried against the 20% Reserve of the latter unit. Jones was promoted to Temporary Lieutenant after six months' commissioned service on March 19th. He officially completed his service with the Union the next day and after one month's leave, he embarked Durban on April 19th, arriving in Suez, Egypt on the 30th and commencing service in the Middle East with 1\/12th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment SAA. He remained with the unit in Egypt for the remainder of 1943, where it was part of the forming of the 6th South African Armoured Division, commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel G.W. Meister. The formation of the division was beset by manpower problems, the position of the Anti-Aircraft units made more difficult with an on-going dispute between the Army and the Air Force. At first, the 1\/12th LAA Regiment was an Army formation. When the 56th LAA Battery South African Air Force was posted to it, the latter was administered by the Army. Towards the end of 1943, the 44th LAA Regiment SAAF arrived in the Middle East with no clear instructions for training, equipment or organization, thus creating further confusion. In the new year, the SAAF took over control of all Anti-Aircraft units on January 1, 1944. The 1\/12th Regiment was to remain an LAA unit, and all the Africa Service personnel who had taken the General Service Oath (to serve anywhere) by February 1st and who wished to stay with the SAA, were transferred to the Field Artillery of the 6th South African Armoured Division. Therefore, Jones left the 1\/12th LAA Regiment on January 23rd and was posted to the Division Reserve Artillery Regiment (AA Branch). He completed his service in Egypt on March 5, 1944 and two weeks later, became a War Substantive Lieutenant. The following month, Jones was transferred from the South African Artillery to the South African Air Force on April 1st, for service with the 1\/12th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment again, arriving in Italy on April 14th, as part of the 6th South African Division. The decision was made in Pretoria that the Regiment, armed with Bofors LIght Anti-Aircraft guns, should come under SAAF command. They never fired a single shot at the enemy, due to the decline of the Luftwaffe in the Italian theatre. With a lack of targets, the unit began to deploy in different roles: three officers and 105 men joined the Natal Mounted Rifles in June 1944 as an infantry component, serving with them in the mountains near Chiusi. The NMR were quipped with tanks but needed an infantry force with it, to counter the efforts of German tank-hunting parties and ambushes by Anti-Tank posts. Shortly afterwards, the detachment served with the NMR in the liberation of Florence. The detachment sent to the NMR was part of a wider deployment of Anti-Aircraft personnel, with many of the units being short of manpower and requiring reinforcements. After the success of the German 88-mm and 20-mm Anti-Aircraft guns in North Africa, where they were used in the Anti-Tank role, it was questioned as to why the artillery commander should set up an entire Anti-Aircraft regiment, whose guns had no aircraft to fire upon and whose Bofors equipment were quite ineffective against the German armour of 1944. The Regiment was not suited to the prevailing conditions in Italy, the unit being reduced from 54 guns to 36 guns in July 1944. The following month, the 6th South African Armoured Division crossed the Arno River west of Florence in August. During this operation, some five artillery regiments were assembled, to bombard enemy positions. The 1\/12th LAA Regiment was responsible for Anti-Aircraft cover along the entire front, with special regard to the gun areas. During the winter of 1944, an infantry company drawn from the unit held part of the divisional front on Monte Stanco for three months, with other detachments employed on various tasks in the forward areas. The unit was placed in an strange situation: being administered by the South African Air Force but drawing its personnel from the South African Artillery Anti-Aircraft and Coastal artillerymen. Jones left the 1\/12th LAA Regiment SAAF on December 1, 1944 and rejoined the SAA on the 19th, posted to the Reserve Artillery Regiment in the Divisional Reserve Group, Central Mediterranean Force. He remained with the latter for four months, when he was attached to 7\/23rd Medium Regiment SAA on April 11, 1945, posted off the General List. The 7\/23rd Regiment had served throughout the Italian campaign and by this time, had three batteries: one with 3.7-inch guns, the other two with 5.5-inch guns. Just three days after joining the unit, Jones took part in what was to be the batteries' last major action of the war - a powerful bombardment on April 14, 1945, which marked the last South African offensive in Italy, culminating in the laying upon of heavy fire upon retreating German columns at Casa Chiselline and Bersaglia on April 22nd. He remained with the unit in Italy until December 23rd, when he arrived in Egypt and was placed on the General List with the South African Artillery. He boarded an aircraft at Cairo West for the trip home to the Union on January 5, 1946, taken on strength at the Base Depot in Voortrekkerhoogte three days later. His Field Allowance was withdrawn on the same day, the 8th, and he was also granted thirty days N.R.S.L. \u0026amp; R. allowance on the 11th. Jones was released from service upon demobilization on February 9, 1946, granted pay and allowance in lieu of 38 days vacation leave. Seven years later, in 1953, his medals were despatched to his next-of-kin, his wife, Mrs. Linda Leibbrandt Jones. The Union Defence Forces Medals Transmittal Slip accompanying the medals acknowledged that he was to receive the aforementioned six medals, with a message inscribed: \"The Chief of the General expresses his deep regret that THE LATE B.E.R. JONES did not live to receive the enclosed awards for service during the war of 1939-45.\" Basil Edwin Rys Jones had passed away before the medals could arrive in his hands.\n ","brand":"eMedals","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46115490562325,"sku":"W2930","price":225.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0713\/9105\/2053\/files\/img_04_1ddd9e03-0194-4bcf-9cec-fe1a1f470801.jpg?v=1692854971"},{"product_id":"a-second-war-south-african-medal-group-w2957","title":"A Second War South African Medal Group","description":"A Second War South African Medal Group - 1939-45 Star, Burma Star, Defence Medal and 1939-45 War Medal both Cupro-nickel. Swing mounted on pin bar; together with Single WWII Medals: Pacific Star; Italy Star; Single Africa Service Medal, no suspension bar or ribbon, (impressed: ACF 152955 R. LEITCH). Fine. \n \n \n ","brand":"eMedals","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46115496788245,"sku":"W2957","price":135.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0713\/9105\/2053\/files\/a_second_war_sou_5536602b81590.jpg?v=1748459050"},{"product_id":"a-south-african-el-alamein-and-monte-cassino-medal-group-consignment-36-w2972","title":"A South African El Alamein And Monte Cassino Medal Group Consignment #36","description":"A South African El Alamein and Monte Cassino Medal Group - 1939-1945 Star (221768 J.V.B. ROBSON); Africa Star, 1 Clasp - 8th ARMY (221768 J.V.B. ROBSON); Italy Star (221768 J.V.B. ROBSON); War Medal 1939-1945 (221768 J.V.B. ROBSON); and Africa Service Medal 1939-1945 (221768 J.V.B. ROBSON). Naming is officially impressed. Mounted to a suspension with swing bar pinback, as worn by the veteran, the WM is reverse mounted, original ribbons, light contact and wear, better than very fine. Accompanied by a Ribbon Bar (ribbon for the Africa Star with \"8\" clasp remains intact, fragments of the Africa Service Medal ribbon evident), along with copies of his Index Cards, Volunteer Units of the Union Defence Force Attestation Papers, Service Records, Application for Campaign Medals (1939-45 War), along with assorted research papers. \n \nFootnote: Jack Vivien Balfour Robson was born on October 18, 1915 in Johannesburg, South Africa. He was a resident of Johannesburg when he signed his Union Defence Force Attestation Paper as a Private, with the 20th Divisional, Field Park Company, South African Engineering Corps, on July 12, 1940 at Johannesburg, at the age of 24, naming his next-of-kin as his mother, Mary Dalziel Robson of Johannesburg, indicating he had no previous military service, stating that he was Single and that his trade was that of Electrician. He officially enlisted on August 19th, the day he classified as 'A' Artisan (Electrician), later reclassifying 'A' Artisan (Electrician) on October 1st. Robson was admitted to Barberton Camp Hospital in Barberton on October 28th for three days treatment, the malady not specified, before being discharged on the 31st. He proceeded on convoy from the 20th Divisional, Field Park Company, South African Engineering Corps, on February 10, 1941 and completed his convoy duties, then returned to his unit on the 14th. Robson embarked Durban with the 20th Divisional, Field Park Company, South African Engineering Corps, 2nd South African Division, aboard the S.S. Dempo, on April 22, 1941, disembarking at Suez, Egypt on May 12th. He served with the 20th Divisional, Field Park Company, South African Engineering Corps until November 12, 1941, when he was transferred to the War Department, Compressed Gas Depot, which was the the only unit in the Middle East manufacturing and supplying vital compressed gas services. The timing of the transfer was fortunate for Robson, as the 20th Divisional, Field Park Company, South African Engineering Corps was later lost en masse at Torbruk seven months later, on June 21, 1942. Robson committed an offence while stationed at El Alamein, on August 22, 1941, contravening Section 40 MDC, the report stating: \"Whilst on parade in Unit Lines stood with a lighted cigarette concealed behind his back.\". He was subsequently sentenced to seven days Confinement to Base for his infraction. Between the First and Second Battles of El Alamein, Robson was promoted to Temporary Lance Corporal on August 18, 1942. After the fighting ceased at El Alamein, Robson was posted to 22 Corps Field Park Company, South African Engineering Corps, followed by a promotion to Temporary Corporal on February 1, 1943. He returned to the Union on July 12, 1943 for Home Leave disembarking at Durban on August 7th. He returned again to the Middle Eastern theatre, embarking Durban aboard the S.S. Orduna on October 19, 1943, arriving in Suez on November 6th, where he was taken on strength by 22 Corps Field Park Company that day. Ten days later, Robson was posted for service in Italy with 22 Corps Field Park Company, on November 16th, where he was to serve until September 18, 1945. This particular unit supported the third and final attack on Monte Cassino in May 1944, and from February to April 1945, they worked on bridging the River Po. After the ceasing of hostilities, he returned to South Africa in September 1945. Robson was discharged from active service upon partial demobilization on October 21, 1945 with the rank of Corporal, at the age of 40, credited with having served five years and sixty-three days with the Union Defence Force, his character noted as \"Very Good\", his Sobriety as \"Sober\" and his Efficiency as \"Efficient\". For his Second World War Service, he was awarded the 1939-1945 Star, the Africa Star with the 8th Army clasp, the Italy Star, the War Medal 1939-1945 and the Africa Service Medal 1939-1945. After the war, he married Joan Averil Andrews on May 1, 1948 in Pretoria. 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Un-mounted, original ribbons, cleaned, contact marks, very fine. Accompanied by assorted research papers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFootnote: Patrick O'Donnell was born on January 13, 1906 in Goschen, Victoria. He enlisted with the Australian Imperial Force as a Private (WX14202) at the Recruit Reception Depot in Claremont, Western Australia on June 11, 1941, at the age of 35, naming his personal contact as his friend, Robert Tims of Leonora, Western Australia (later of Melbourne, Victoria), stating that he was Single, that his religion was Roman Catholic and that his occupation was that of Battery Hand. He was initially posted to the Training Depot at the Naval Base, then posted to the 13th Infantry Training Battalion (ITB) at Northam, Perth, Western Australia on June 20th. Private O'Donnell embarked Freemantle, Western Australia for the Middle East, with infantry reinforcements, aboard the Transport US13 on November 7th, disembarking at Suez, Egypt on the 24th. He was sent to camp in Palestine, followed by a transfer to the 24th Infantry Training Battalion on February 16, 1942, then a posting to 2\/7th Infantry Battalion, 17th Brigade near Gaza on February 17th. After four months in the Middle East, Private O'Donnell embarked Suez on March 12, 1942 for Garrison Duty in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), in defence against the Japanese, arriving on March 28th. A little over four months later, with his Garrison Duty completed, he left left Ceylon, disembarking at Melbourne on August 4, 1942. Upon arrival, he was sent to camp at Sydney, New South Wales. He was hospitalized \"sick\" for ten days, from October 29 to November 7, 1942. One week after his discharge from hospital, he was posted to Brisbane Depot on November 15th. PrivateO'Donnell embarked Townsville, Queensville for Milne Bay, New Guinea (code named Fall River), aboard the Transport Ship SS Taroona on November 30, 1942, for operations in New Guinea near Port Moresby. Two months later, he was sent to Wau by air on January 30, 1943, in defence against the Japanese advance from Bulolo. Wau is a village in the interior of the Papuan peninsula, approximately thirty miles southwest of Salamaua. An airfield had been built there during an area gold rush in the 1920s and 1930s. This airfield was of great value to the Australians during the fighting for northeast Papua. Once the Japanese had decided to give up on Guadalcanal, the capture of Port Moresby loomed even larger in their strategic thinking. Taking the airfield at Wau was a crucial step in this process, and to this end, the 51st Division was transferred from Indochina and placed under General Hitoshi Imamura's Eighth Area Army at Rabaul; one regiment arrived at Lae in early January 1943. In addition, about 5,400 survivors of the Japanese defeat at Buna-Gona were moved into the Lae-Salamaua area. Opposing these forces were the Australian 2\/5th, 2\/6th and 2\/7th Battalions along with Lieutenant Colonel Norman Fleay's Kanga Force. Forces of the Empire of Japan sailed from Rabaul and crossed the Solomon Sea and, despite Allied air attacks, successfully reached Lae, where they disembarked. Japanese troops then advanced overland on Wau, an Australian base that potentially threatened the Japanese positions at Salamaua and Lae. A race developed between the Japanese moving overland, hampered by the terrain, and the Australians, moving by air, hampered by the weather. By the time the Japanese reached the Wau area, after a trek over the mountains, the Australian defenders had been greatly reinforced by air. In the battle that followed, despite achieving tactical surprise by approaching from an unexpected direction, the Japanese attackers were unable to capture Wau. The Australians decisively turned back the Japanese assault in the ensuing Battle of Wau, fought between January 29 and 31, 1943. In continued fighting after the battle, Private O'Donnell was Wounded in Action, suffering gunshot wounds to his left arm, left thigh and right knee on February 3, 1943. He was initially evacuated to Port Moresby, then evacuated from Port Moresby to Australia aboard the 2\/1st Hospital Ship Manunda, arriving in Brisbane, Queensland on February 19th, where he was admitted to the 114th Australian General Hospital, where his left arm was amputated. After four months in hospital in Brisbane, he returned to Western Australia, where he was admitted to the 110th Australian General Hospital in Perth on June 20, 1943. Eleven months later, Private PatrickO'Donnell was posted to the Perth Depot on May 29, 1944, then discharged two weeks later as \"Medically Unfit\" at Claremont, on June 12th. 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He was then posted to camp at Northam, Perth, Western Australia. He is on record as having been Absent Without Leave (AWOL) on November 24, 1940 and transferred to Infantry Reinforcements on January 14, 1941. Private Cook embarked Freemantle, Western Australia for the Middle East aboard US10 on April 16, 1941, disembarking in Suez, Egypt on May 14th, then posted to camp in Palestine. He was hospitalized \"sick\" from May 15 to June 15, 1941. One week after being discharged from medical care, Private Cook was attached to 2\/16th Battalion on June 21, 1941 for operations in Syria against the Vichy French. He participated at the Battle of Damour, fought between July 5 and 9, 1941, the final major operation of the Australian forces during the Syria-Lebanon Campaign. In 1941, Damour was the French administrative capital. Damour is a large town on the coast of Lebanon and is approximately thirty kilometres south of Beirut. The Wadi Damour, with the Damour River in its bed, was a further three kilometres to the south of the town. These features were the last major natural obstacles that had to be crossed prior to reaching Beirut. Having already captured the heights overlooking Damour on the south bank of the wadi, the plan developed by Major General Arthur \"Tubby\" Allen, commanding the 7th Australian Division, involved encircling the Vichy French positions at Damour. On the night of July 5, 1941, the operation began with troops of the 21st Brigade moving into position to cross the Damour River in two places. Early onJuly 6th, the Australians attacked Vichy French positions on the northern side. The 2\/16th Battalion attacked at El Atiqa. The 2\/27th Battalion attacked at El Boum. By nightfall, both positions were in Australian hands. In the early hours of July 7th, the 2\/3rd Battalion and the 2\/5th Battalion, along with two companies of the 2\/14th Battalion, moved northwards through El Boum. They outflanked Damour to the east. At Daraya, the 2\/14th companies swung west to advance on Damour from the east, while the 2\/3rd Battalion and the 2\/5th Battalion continued north to cut the road to Beirut north of the town. On July 8th, the Australians accomplished cutting the road. In the south, the 2\/2nd Pioneer Battalion and elements of the 6th Divisional Cavalry Regiment were advancing along the axis of the coastal road. By 0200 hours on July 9th, the Pioneers were advancing into the southern outskirts of the town. At 0400 hours, a patrol from the cavalry were able to drive right through Damour. The remaining Vichy French forces had managed to slip out of the Australian encirclement and had withdrawn from Damour. The Australians immediately began pushing along the coastal road towards Beirut. After the Battle of Damour, the fate of Beirut was sealed. On July 8th, even before the fall of Damour, the Vichy French commander, General Henri Dentz, had sought an armistice. At one minute pastmidnight on July 12th, a ceasefire came into effect. For all intents and purposes, this ended the campaign. Private Cook remained in the Middle Eastern theatre for eight months. He is on record as having been Absent Without Leave (AWOL) on November 10, 1941 and performing Intelligence Duties II as of December 21, 1941. He returned to Australia, embarking Suez on January 29, 1942 aboard the ocean liner, now troop ship, SS Île de France, disembarking in Adelaide, South Australia. Upon arrival, he was posted to camp at Springbank, South Australia, followed by additional postings to Glen Innes, New South Wales and Maroochydore, Queensland. Six months later, Private Cook departed Brisbane, Queensland for Port Moresby on August 6, 1942, for operations in New Guinea, including the Kokoda Track campaign and Gona. The Kokoda Track campaign or Kokoda Trail campaign consisted of a series of battles fought between July and November 1942 between Japanese and Allied, primarily Australian, forces in what was then the Australian territory of Papua. Following a landing near Gona, on the north coast of New Guinea, on the night of July 21-22, Japanese forces attempted to advance south overland through the mountains of the Owen Stanley Range to seize Port Moresby, as part of a strategy of isolating Australia from the United States. Initially only limited Australian forces were available to oppose them. After making rapid progress, the Japanese South Seas Detachment under Major General Tomitarō Horii clashed with under-strength Australian forces from the Papuan Infantry Battalion and the Australian 39th Battalion on July 23rd at Awala, forcing them back to Kokoda. Following a confused night battle on July 28-29, the Australians were again forced to withdraw. The Australians attempted to recapture Kokoda on August 8th without success, which resulted in heavy casualties on both sides; and the 39th Battalion was subsequently forced back to Deniki. A number of Japanese attacks were subsequently fought off by the Australian Militia over the following week but by August 14th, they began to withdraw over the Owen Stanley Range, down the Kokoda Track towards Isurava. Operations in Papua and New Guinea were severely impacted by terrain, vegetation, climate, disease and the lack of infrastructure. In turn, these imposed significant logistical limitations. During the Kokoda Track campaign, these factors applied more-or-less equally to both belligerents but favoured the defender in attacks against well-fortified positions. The battlefield and logistical constraints limited the applicability of conventional Allied doctrine of manoeuvre and firepower. During the opening stages of the offensive, the Allies faced a severe shortage of food and ammunition. This problem was never entirely resolved. The battle also exposed critical problems with the suitability and performance of Allied equipment. Troops were hastily committed to battle on repeated occasions, increasing Allied losses and ultimately lengthening the duration of the battle. Allied air power interrupted the Japanese capacity to reinforce and resupply the beachheads from Rabaul. This ultimately made the Japanese position untenable. There was widespread evidence of Japanese cannibalism. In the closing stages of the battle, significant numbers of the defenders were withdrawn by sea or escaped overland toward the west and the Japanese base around Salamaua and Lae. The remaining garrison fought to the death, almost to the man. The battle is noteworthy for a number of reasons. The resolve and tenacity of the Japanese in defence was unprecedented and had not previously been encountered. It was to mark the desperate nature of fighting that characterized battles for the remainder of the Pacific war. For the Allies, there were a number of valuable but costly lessons in the conduct of jungle warfare. Allied losses in the battle were at a rate higher than that experienced at Guadalcanal. While in New Guinea during the Kokoda Track campaign, Private Cook injured his leg on September 6, 1942 and was hospitalized for nine days, before being discharged on the 15th. He again became \"sick\" the following month and was hospitalized from October 8 to 27, 1942. His health continued to deteriorate, forcing his return to Australia, embarking Port Moresby for Cairns, Queensland aboard the Liberty (Cargo) Ship SS Cleveland Abbe, on January 12, 1943. Cook was stricken with an attack of Appendicitis on April 9th and had an appendectomy shortly thereafter, forcing him to remain in hospital for four weeks, until May 4th. Two months later, he once again became \"sick\", this time with Malaria on July 5th, his hospital stay lasting five weeks, until his discharge from hospital on August 10th. After recovering from the bout of Malaria and having his appendix removed, he returned to New Guinea, embarking Townsville, Queensville for Port Moresby aboard HMAS Canberra on August 17, 1943. He was posted to the Australian New Guinea Administrative Unit (ANGAU) on September 10th, followed by a promotion to Corporal on the 15th. Six months after being promoted to Corporal, he was again declared \"sick\" on March 27 until April 12, 1944, continuing to suffer from Malaria, along with leg issues. He officially returned to Australia \"sick\" with Malaria, embarking Port Moresby for Brisbane, Queensland on June 24, 1944, then posted to Sydney Depot on July 9th. Corporal Roy Alexander Cook was subsequently discharged as \"Medically Unfit\" on September 6, 1944. 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ASTLEY); and Australia Service Medal 1939-1945 (NX23123 N.J. ASTLEY). Naming is officially impressed. Mounted to a suspension with swing bar pinback, as worn by the veteran, contact marks, very fine. Accompanied by copies of his Service Records, a Letter from Homebush Strathfield R.S.L. (Returned and Services League of Australia) Club (dated August 12, 1959), along with assorted research papers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFootnote: Norman John Astley was born on September 5, 1915 in Auburn, New South Wales. He was a resident of Homebush, New South Wales, when he enlisted as a Private (NX23123) in the Australian Imperial Force on May 30, 1940 in Paddington, New South Wales, at the age of 24, naming his next-of-kin as his father, William Edward Astley of Homebush, stating that he was Single, his religion as Church of England and his occupation as that of Storeman. He was posted to the Sydney Showgrounds, where he was attached to 2\/1st Ordnance Stores Company, Australian Army Ordnance Corps. Private Astley embarked from Melbourne, Victoria for the Middle East on October 1, 1940, disembarking at Al Qantarah El Sharqiyya (AKA Kantara, as referred to by the Allies) on November 3, 1940, for duty at Camp Banara near Gaza, Palestine, followed later by postings to Cairo, Egypt and Tel El Kebir, Egypt. After fifteen and a half months in the Middle East, he returned to Australia aboard the SS Strathallan on February 16, 1942, arriving in Adelaide, South Australia on March 17th. Three and a half weeks later, he was posted to Headquarters 1st Australian Corps on April 11th. Private Astley embarked Brisbane, Queensland aboard the SS John Hart on August 12, 1942, disembarking at Port Moresby, New Guinea on the 19th, where he was assigned to Headquarters New Guinea Force (HQ NG Force), for operations in New Guinea. After having served one year in New Guinea, he embarked Port Moresby aboard the Bathurst-class corvette HMAS Katoomba on August 30, 1943, disembarking in Townsville, Queensland on September 1st. He is documented as having been \"sick\" at 113th Australian General Hospital from September 21 to October 6, 1943. He returned to New Guinea for a second tour of duty, embarking Townsville for Port Moresby on November 22, 1943. Three weeks after arriving in New Guinea, he was hospitalized from December 15th to 31st, \"sick\" with Dyspepsia (also known as indigestion, is a condition of impaired digestion. Symptoms may include upper abdominal fullness, heartburn, nausea, belching, or upper abdominal pain. People may also experience feeling full earlier than expected when eating. Dyspepsia is a common problem and is frequently caused by gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) or gastritis. In a small minority it may be the first symptom of peptic ulcer disease (an ulcer of the stomach or duodenum) and occasionally cancer). Early in the new year, he achieved the status of Storeman III on January 3, 1944, followed by a posting eight months later to the 10th Advanced Ordnance Depot at Schwimmer Airfield (14 Mile Drome) near Port Morseby on September 2nd. After having served another ten months in New Guinea, he embarked Port Moresby for Townsville aboard the merchant ship SS Ormiston, on September 24, 1944. He was posted to the 5th Base Ordnance Depot in Midland, Western Australia on November 10th and is documented as having again been \"sick\" with Dypepsia for two days, December 5th and 6th. Private (Driver) Norman John Astley was discharged at Headquarters 1 Australian Corps in Sydney, New South Wales, on October 18, 1945. 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Accompanied by copies of his Service Records and Discharge Certificate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFootnote: Leslie Thomas Oeklers was born on June 2, 1916 in Toowoomba (near Brisbane), Queensland, Australia. He enlisted as a Private (QX53053) with the Australian Military Forces on August 15, 1940 at Toowooba, Australia, at the age of 24, naming his next-of-kin as his father, William L. Oelkers of Toowoomba, that he was Single, that his religion was Roman Catholic and that his occupation was that of Carpenter's Labourer. He was then placed with the 25th Infantry Battalion, which had camps at Toowoomba and Chermside. He was placed on full time duty at Cabanah as of December 16, 1941. Oeklers embarked Townsville, Queensland for Milne Bay, on the eastern tip of New Guinea, aboard the Dutch merchant ship Bontekoe, on July 12, 1942, where he served with the 25th Infantry Battalion in New Guinea as of July 1942, followed by a transfer to the 7th Infantry Brigade on October 1st. Oelkers officially enlisted with the Australian Imperial Forces on May 3, 1943, at the age of 26, one month shy of his twenty-seventh birthday. After having served sixteen months in New Guinea, he embarked Port Moresby, in south-east New Guinea for Townsville, aboard the Bathurst-class corvette HMAS Katoomba on November 16, 1943. Oelkers attended the Jungle Warfare School at Canungra, south of Brisbane, from March 28 to April 6, 1944. After completing his jungle training, he embarked Brisbane for Madang, in north-east New Guinea aboard the HMAS Katoomba on July 24, 1944. He was attached to the 61st Infantry Battalion from September 13 to 21, 1944, then two months later, embarked Madang for Torokina on Bougainville Island, east of New Guinea aboard the troop ship Cape Victory on November 10, 1944. His second tour in New Guinea lasted five months, before he embarked Bougainville for Townsville aboard the merchant ship SS Ormiston, on December 23rd. He was in Australia when he was hospitalized and treated for malaria from February 6 to 12, 1945. After recovering from the malady, he returned to New Guinea for a third tour of duty, embarking Brisbane for Torokina aboard the HMAS Katoomba on April 7, 1945. Six months later, and with the war having concluded, he was transferred to the 23rd Infantry Brigade on October 19th, then posted to the 126th Infantry Brigade Workshops on January 27, 1946. After having served another ten months in New Guinea, he embarked Torokina, Bougainville for Sydney, Australia aboard the SS Ormiston on February 9, 1946. Private Oeklers was discharged at Headquarters, 7th Australian Infantry Brigade at Redbank, Brisbane, on March 25, 1946. He received his 1939-1945 Star, Pacific Star, War Medal 1939-1945 and Australia Service Medal 1939-1945 in 1950.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"eMedals","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46118396690709,"sku":"W3995","price":190.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0713\/9105\/2053\/files\/c_5534.jpg?v=1692862724"},{"product_id":"a-second-war-group-to-sapper-james-s-bryant-a-battle-of-ambon-pow-w3996","title":"A Second War Group To Sapper James S. Bryant;  A Battle Of Ambon Pow","description":"\u003cp\u003e1939-1945 Star; Pacific Star; War Medal 1939-1945 (QX8038 J.S. BRYANT); and Australia Service Medal 1939-1945 (QX8038 J.S. BRYANT). Naming is officially impressed on the WM and ASM, the Stars are un-named. Un-mounted, original ribbons, residue present in the recessed areas of the Stars from cleaning, scattered green oxidation evident on the reverse of the WM, light contact, very fine. Accompanied by copies of his Service Records.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFootnote: James Stewart Bryant was born on November 20, 1904 in Mount Morgan, Queensland. He was a resident of Mackay, Queensland, when he enlisted with the Australian Imperial Forces (QX8038) at Rockhampton, Queensland on May 20, 1940, at the age of 35, naming his next-of-kin as his father, James Bryant of Yeppone, Queensland (later of Brisbane), stating that he was Single, that his religion was Presbyterian and that his occupation was that of Road Worker. He was posted as a Sapper to the 42nd Military Area with the 2\/1st Ordnance Stores, Australian Ordnance Army Corps (AAOC) at Enoggera (Brisbane) on May 24th. He was listed as \"sick\"at Camp Dressing Station at Redbank (Brisbane) from May 29th to June 1st. He was transferred to the 8th Division, Australian Ordnance Army Corps at Grovely (Brisbane) on July 9th, then posted to the Infantry Training Depot at Lytton (Brisbane) on August 27th. He was reported Absent Without Leave (AWOL) later that year, from October 1st to 2nd. Bryant was transferred to the 2\/11th Field Company Engineers on February 5, 1941, then posted to camp at Darwin, Northern Territory via Alice Springs by train and truck, on March 6, 1941, where he was graded Tinsmith III. Bryant embarked Darwin for Ambon in the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) on December 13, 1941, aboard the Dutch ship, Both, as part of the 1,100 man battalion known as Gull Force, arriving in Ambon on the 17th. The group comprised the 2\/21st Battalion, which was part of the 23rd Brigade, 8th Australian Division, together with anti-tank, engineer, medical and other detachments. Their task was to join Netherlands East Indies troops of about 2,500 men, to help defend the Bay of Ambon and two airfields at Laha and Liang. The Dutch commander, Lieutenant-Colonel J.R.L. Kapitz, was senior to the Australian commander, Lieutenant-Colonel L.N. Roach, and took control of both forces, dispersing them into two groups. One group was sent to defend the airfield at Laha on the west side of Ambon Bay, of which Bryant was part of, while the others were deployed to the east of the bay, south of the town of Ambon. Both the Australian and the Dutch forces were inadequately prepared and under-equipped. Lieutenant-Colonel Roach, aware of the futility of their task, made repeated requests for reinforcements of both men and equipment from Australia, even suggesting that Gull Force should be evacuated from the island, if it could not be reinforced. Instead, he was recalled to Australia and Lieutenant-Colonel John Scott, a 53-year-old Army Headquarters staff officer from Melbourne, replaced Roach as commanding officer of Gull Force in the middle of January. The Japanese landed on the island of Ambon on January 30, 1942. After just four days of bitter fighting the under-equipped and poorly prepared Australian and Dutch forces on the island surrendered. The first Japanese air attack on Ambon occurred on January 6, 1942 and by January 24th, the Japanese were less than 1,000 kilometres from the island. The last of the Allied aircraft were withdrawn on January 30th. The Japanese landed three battalions on Ambon during the night of January 30-31. The Australians lost contact with the Dutch who capitulated the next day, on February 1st. Lieutenant-Colonel Scott, the Australian commander, surrendered two days later on February 3rd. Some small groups of men escaped and made their way back to Australia but almost 800 surviving Australians became prisoners of war, one of which was Bryant. The Australians together with about 300 Dutch prisoners of war were put back into their barracks at Tan Tui (AKA Tan Toey), north of Ambon town. Bryant was listed as Missing in Action (MIA) on February 8th, then reported as a Prisoner of War (POW), likely at Tan Tui, on February 22nd. Almost three months after being reported as a POW, Bryant was reported as a Prisoner of War at Ambon on May 14th. On October 25, 1942, about 500 of the Australian and Dutch prisoners were sent to Hainan, an island in the South China Sea off the coast of mainland China. Led by Lieutenant-Colonel Scott, they left Ambon in the Taiko Maru, a ship designated to carry prisoners of war (AKA known as Japanese \"Hell Ships\", with extremely unpleasant living conditions or with a reputation for cruelty among the crew) and arrived in the Bay of Sama on Hainan Island onNovember 4th. The next day they sailed up the coast to a camp at Bakli Bay. The Japanese government had recognized Hainan Island's potential and planned to use the POWs to build roads and viaducts, in order to develop agriculture and industry on the island. The prisoners were forced to do hard manual labour under difficult and brutal conditions with a completely inadequate diet. By 1945, the survivors were all starving. Worse still, Scott was an unpopular senior officer who was unable to command the respect of his troops. His unpopularity increased when he organized Japanese, rather than Australian, discipline for men who violated Australian army regulations. Early in 1944, forty of the Australians were sent to work at the Japanese garrison at Hoban, north of Bakli Bay on Hainan. While out on a work party one morning, they were fired on by Chinese guerrillas, some of several thousand nationalist and communist guerillas still operating against the Japanese on the island. Nine Australian POWs were killed, three were wounded and ten others were captured by the guerillas but were never recovered. At the end of August 1945, Americans liberated the POWs from Hainan. On Ambon, the surviving Australian POWs waited another four weeks to be rescued by the Royal Australian Navy corvettes, HMAS Cootamundra, Glenelg, Latrobe and Junee. The very high (over seventy-five percent) death rate on Ambon had been exacerbated when an American bomber dropped six bombs on the Japanese bomb dump right next to the Tan Tui POW camp. The dump ignited and exploded, killing six Australian officers, including the doctor, four other ranks and twenty-seven Dutch women and children. A number of Dutch and Australian casualties died later. After the Japanese surrender, it was discovered that about 300 servicemen who had surrendered at Laha airfield had been killed in four separate massacres between February 6 and 20, 1942. Not one had survived. The prisoners on Ambon and Hainan were subjected to some of the most brutal treatment experienced by POWs anywhere during the Second World War. Over three-quarters of the Australian prisoners there died in captivity. Although no definitive date is stated, Byant was liberated, as advised by the Australian Legation at Chungking (now Chongqing), China. He embarked Manila, Philippines aboard the Attacker class escort carrier HMS Striker on September 27, 1945, disembarking in Sydney on October 9th. He was hospitalized for thirty-two days at 102nd General Hospital from November 8 to December 10, 1945, with Dyspepsia (also known as indigestion, is a condition of impaired digestion. Symptoms may include upper abdominal fullness, heartburn, nausea, belching, or upper abdominal pain. People may also experience feeling full earlier than expected when eating. Dyspepsia is a common problem and is frequently caused by gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) or gastritis. In a small minority it may be the first symptom of peptic ulcer disease (an ulcer of the stomach or duodenum) and occasionally cancer). Sapper James Stewart Bryant was posted to the 2nd Battalion, 11th Field Company when he was discharged from active service at Brisbane on December 17, 1945. For his Second World War service, Bryant was awarded the 1939-1945 Star, the Pacific Star, the War Medal 1939-1945 and the Australia Service Medal 1939-1945. He died on April 26, 1973, at the age of 68.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"eMedals","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46118397051157,"sku":"W3996","price":190.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0713\/9105\/2053\/files\/c_5520.jpg?v=1692862722"},{"product_id":"a-second-war-group-to-the-australian-imperial-forces-w4072","title":"A Second War Group To The Australian Imperial Forces","description":"\u003cp\u003e1939-1945 Star (SX27659 M.T. TREDREA); Pacific Star (SX27659 M.T. TREDREA); War Medal 1939-1945 (SX27659 M.T. TREDREA); and Australia Service Medal 1939-1945 (SX27659 M.T. TREDREA). Naming is officially impressed. Replacement ribbons, cleaned, bruising on the BWM, contact marks, very fine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFootnote: Maxwell Theodore Tredrea was born on June 13, 1919 in Adelaide, South Australia. He enlisted as a Private (S26135, SX27659) with the Australian Imperial Forces on November 12, 1942 at Adelaide River, Northern Territory. He was discharged from 128 Hospital on June 5, 1946, likely wounded.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"eMedals","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46118654968085,"sku":"W4072","price":190.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0713\/9105\/2053\/files\/d_0332.jpg?v=1692863408"},{"product_id":"an-australia-service-medal-1939-1945-tasmania-w4579","title":"An Australia Service Medal 1939-1945; Tasmania","description":"(TX2294 K.R. HARDING). Naming is officially impressed. Original ribbon, light contact, plated, better than very fine.\n\nFootnote: The prefix \"T\" stands for Tasmania, while the \"X\" prefix represents Australian Imperial Forces or Volunteer Overseas Service.","brand":"eMedals","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46120281047317,"sku":"W4579","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0713\/9105\/2053\/files\/aa_6227.jpg?v=1692869183"},{"product_id":"australia-a-greek-north-african-new-guinea-campaign-group-2nd8th-field-ambulance-australian-imperial-force-w5309","title":"Australia. A Greek, North African \u0026New Guinea Campaign Group, 2Nd\/8Th Field Ambulance, Australian Imperial Force","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1939-1945 Star (NX53912 C.C. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"m_6831252432727144573gmail-il\"\u003eHOGAN\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e); Africa Star with 8th Army clasp (NX53912 C.C. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"m_6831252432727144573gmail-il\"\u003eHOGAN\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e); Pacific Star (NX53912 C.C. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"m_6831252432727144573gmail-il\"\u003eHOGAN\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e); Defence Medal (NX53912 C.C. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"m_6831252432727144573gmail-il\"\u003eHOGAN\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e); War Medal 1939-1945 (NX53912 C.C. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"m_6831252432727144573gmail-il\"\u003eHOGAN\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e); Australia Service Medal 1939-1945 (NX53912 C.C. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"m_6831252432727144573gmail-il\"\u003eHOGAN\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e); and Greece: Army Commemorative Medal of the War of 1940-1941. Naming is officially impressed on the six awards. Court-mounted, polished, replacement ribbons, adhesive evident on the medals from previous position mounting, near extremely fine. Accompanied by copies of his Service Records.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFootnote: Charters Carlyle \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"m_6831252432727144573gmail-il\"\u003eHogan\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e was born on March 4, 1909 in Cottesloe, Western Australia. He was a resident of Edgecliff, New South Wales (a suburb of Sydney) when he signed his Attestation Paper as a Private (NX53912, the \"N\" prefix for New South Wales, the \"X\" prefix for the Australian Imperial Force) with the Australian Imperial Force on July 9, 1940 in Paddington, New South Wales (a suburb of Sydney) on July 9, 1940, at the age of 31, naming his mother, Emilia \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"m_6831252432727144573gmail-il\"\u003eHogan\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e of Mosman Park, Western Australia as his next-of-kin, stating that he had no previous military service, that he was Single, that his religion was Church of England and that his trade was that of Salesman and Clerk. He was then posted to the Australian Army Medical Corps at the Sydney Showgrounds. Seven weeks after enlisting \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"m_6831252432727144573gmail-il\"\u003eHogan\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e was promoted to Lance Corporal on August 26, 1940. He was transferred to No. 6 Australian General Hospital on November 13, 1940, and reverted to the rank of Private upon the transfer. Private \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"m_6831252432727144573gmail-il\"\u003eHogan\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e embarked for operations in the Middle East on December 26, 1940. He participated in operations in Greece in April 1941 and returned to Alexandria, Egypt on May 16, 1941. He was graded as a Group III Nursing Orderly on November 29, 1941 and posted to Base Depot on May 25, 1942. Upon arrival in the North African theatre, he was posted to the 2nd\/8th Field Ambulance on August 15, 1942, for operations in El Alamein. After six months serving in North Africa, he returned to Australia on February 27, 1943, disembarking in Sydney on \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"m_6831252432727144573gmail-aBn\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"m_6831252432727144573gmail-aQJ\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"aBn\" data-term=\"goog_813228131\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"aQJ\"\u003eMarch 3rd\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"m_6831252432727144573gmail-il\"\u003eHogan\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is documented as having been hospitalized \"sick\" for a month, from his arrival in Sydney on \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"m_6831252432727144573gmail-aBn\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"m_6831252432727144573gmail-aQJ\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"aBn\" data-term=\"goog_813228132\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"aQJ\"\u003eMarch 3rd\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, until \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"m_6831252432727144573gmail-aBn\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"m_6831252432727144573gmail-aQJ\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"aBn\" data-term=\"goog_813228133\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"aQJ\"\u003eApril 4th\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Having already served in Greece and North Africa, his services were required again, this time in New Guinea against Japanese forces. He embarked Cairns, Queensland aboard the Dutch ship SS Vander Lijn for Milne Bay and operations in New Guinea, on July 26, 1943. After seven months in New Guinea, he returned to Australia on February 10, 1944 aboard the SS Anhui, departing Finschhafen, a town eighty kilometers east of Lae on the Huon Peninsula in Morobe Province, New Guinea, disembarking in Brisbane, Queensland on the 21st. He was serving with his unit when he was evacuated \"sick\", with a \"fractured metatarsal\" bone in his foot on July 23, 1945 and admitted to No. 101 Australian General Hospital. After three weeks in hospital, he was posted to No. 103 Australian Convalescent Depot on \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"m_6831252432727144573gmail-aBn\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"m_6831252432727144573gmail-aQJ\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"aBn\" data-term=\"goog_813228134\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"aQJ\"\u003eSeptember 14th\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Upon the ceasing of hostilities, Private \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"m_6831252432727144573gmail-il\"\u003eHogan\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e was with the New South Wales Lines of Communication, Medical and Veterinary Stores unit when he was discharged upon demobilization, on December 12, 1945. For his Second World War service, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"m_6831252432727144573gmail-il\"\u003eHogan\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e was awarded the 1939-1945 Star, the Africa Star with 8th Army clasp, the Pacific Star, the Defence Medal, the War Medal 1939-1945 and the Australia Service Medal 1939-1945, credited with having served for 1,983 days (808 days of Active Service in Australia, in addition to 1,005 days of Active Service Overseas), entitled to wear the War Service Badge, number A179116. In addition, for his service in Greece, he was awarded the Army Commemorative Medal of the War of 1940-1941 by the Greek government.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"eMedals","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46124884754709,"sku":"W5309","price":270.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0713\/9105\/2053\/files\/m181_5991.jpg?v=1692879857"},{"product_id":"australia-a-second-war-service-medal-1939-1945-to-lt-foord-w5548","title":"Australia. A Second War Service Medal 1939-1945, To L.t. Foord","description":"\u003cp\u003e(NX137091 L.T. FOORD). Naming is officially impressed. In cupro-nickel, measuring 36 mm in diameter, reverse court-mounted, very light contact, replacement ribbon, near extremely fine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFootnote: The medal is prefixed with an \"N\" (for the state of New South Wales) and an \"X\" (for \"AIF\" = Australian Imperial Force).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"eMedals","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46125615808789,"sku":"W5548","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0713\/9105\/2053\/files\/c18-051230.jpg?v=1692883105"},{"product_id":"australia-dominion-a-second-war-group-to-sergeant-horace-walter-harris-major-23rd-field-regiment-australian-army-w6035","title":"Australia, Dominion. A Second War Group To Sergeant Horace Walter Harris Major, 2\/3Rd Field Regiment, Australian Army","description":"\u003cp\u003e1939-1945 Star (WX44 H.W.H. MAJOR); Africa Star (WX44 H.W.H. MAJOR); Pacific Star (WX44 H.W.H. MAJOR); Defence Medal (WX44 H.W.H. MAJOR); War Medal 1939-1945 (WX44 H.W.H. MAJOR); and Australian Service Medal 1939-1945 (WX44 H.W.H. MAJOR). Naming is officially impressed on each. Mounted to a suspension with swing bar pinback, as worn by the veteran, light contact, plated, original ribbons, very fine. Accompanied by a printout from the National Archives of Australia documenting his service.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFootnote: Horace Walter Harris Major was born on April 24, 1904 in Manchester, England. He enlisted in the Australian Army on November 3, 1939 in Subiaco, Western Australia, naming his next-of-kin as Marion Major. His service number has a \"W\" indicating \"Western Australia\" and an \"X\" indicating \"Australian Imperial Forces or Volunteer Overseas Service\". 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Un-mounted, gilt wear on the Stars, contact marks, original ribbons, very fine. Accompanied by two research papers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFootnote: Ronald Herbert Brown was born on January 29, 1915 in Glen Huon, Tasmania, the son of Herbert Brown. He was educated at the University of Tasmania and worked as a teacher from 1939 to 1942, marrying Shirley Hungerford on January 10, 1940, the couple later having three children, a son and two daughters. He enlisted in the Australian Military Forces (TX11916) (T24882) on February 2, 1942 in Hobart and was posted to the General Details Depot. The \"T\" in his service number denotes \"Tasmania\", the \"X\" denoting Australian Imperial Force or Volunteer Overseas Service. Brown achieved full time duty on May 1, 1942, becoming active for Second World War service with the Australian Imperial Force on October 5, 1942, joining the Australian Army Pay Corps, where he was posted to the Depot Cash Office. Brown embarked Townsville, Queensland for operations in New Guinea, aboard the \"Westralia\" on July 7, 1944, arriving in Port Moresby, New Guinea, with Headquarters 3rd Division. Six months later, he returned to Australia aboard the troop ship \"Duntroon\", disembarking at Brisbane, Queensland on January 3, 1945.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter nine weeks in Australia, Brown embarked Townsville aboard the \"Ormiston\" for Torokina on Bougainville Island, east of New Guinea, for operations in Bougainville, in the Solomon Islands, on March 11, 1945. He was serving in the rank of Sergeant when he was Wounded in Action at Buin Road, Bougainville in 1945. Upon the ceasing of hostilities, he returned to Australia aboard the \"River Burkedin\", disembarking at Brisbane on November 3, 1945 and was discharged from service at Headquarters, 3 Australian Division on November 20, 1945. For his Second World War service, he was awarded the 1939-1945 Star, the Pacific Star, the War Medal 1939-1945 and the Australian Service Medal. After the war, he returned to teaching, from 1945 to 1947, as well as graduating with a Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com) degree from the University of Tasmania. He would later become a member of the Australian Finance Industry Association (AFIA). He worked as an Orchardist until he was elected to the Tasmanian Parliament as a Member of the Legislative Council in 1948, serving as an Independent Member from Huon. He was Chair of Committees from 1957 until his defeat in May 1966. During his time as a Member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council, he was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal in 1953. After his political career was over, Brown became a member of the Milk Board of Tasmania from 1967 to 1973, the Secretary-Manager of the Apple and Pear Growers Federation of Tasmania from 1970 to 1973, and the Overseas Representative of the Australian Apple and Pear Corporation (London) beginning in 1973. Ronald Herbert Brown died on April 5, 1992, at the age of 77 and is noted repeatedly in Who's Who in Australia.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"eMedals","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46127714500885,"sku":"W6119","price":135.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0713\/9105\/2053\/files\/m19_19629.jpg?v=1692889482"},{"product_id":"australia-commonwealth-a-group-of-six-213th-australian-field-company-australian-imperial-force-w6240","title":"Australia, Commonwealth. A Group Of Six, 2\/13Th Australian Field Company, Australian Imperial Force","description":"\u003cp\u003e1939-1945 Star (QX21481 S.A. MANNING); Africa Star (QX21481 S.A. MANNING); Pacific Star (QX21481 S.A. MANNING); Defence Medal (QX21481 S.A. MANNING); War Medal 1939-1945 (QX21481 S.A. MANNING); and Australian Service Medal 1939-1945 (QX21481 S.A. MANNING). Naming is officially impressed. Court-mounted, spotting on the Stars, contact marks, replacement ribbons, very fine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFootnote: Sydney Alfred Manning enlisted in 2\/13th Australian Field Company on May 6, 1941, his medals marked \"QX\" (\"Q\" for Queensland, \"X\" for Australian Imperial Forces). He attained the rank of Lance Sergeant and was discharged on December 20, 1945. For his Second World War service, he was awarded the 1939-1945 Star, the Africa Star, the Pacific Star, the Defence Medal, the War Medal 1939-1945 and the Australian Service Medal 1939-1945. The 2\/13th Battalion was an infantry battalion of the Australian Army, which served during the Second World War. 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