239. A FIRST WORLD WAR TRIO TO A CASUALTY FROM THE AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY FORCE.

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A FIRST WORLD WAR TRIO TO A CASUALTY FROM THE AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY FORCE.
239. 2273370. A FIRST WORLD WAR TRIO TO A CASUALTY FROM THE AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY FORCE.

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A Great War Trio comprising 1914-15 Star named to 1057 Pte J.H. Stuart 32 Bn A.I.F., War Medal and Victory Medal similarly named. John Henry Stuart having previously been reported missing was confirmed as having been killed in action on the 29th July 1916, he is commemorated at V.C. Corner Australian Cemetery and Memorial, Fromelles.
The Australian 5th Division famously suffered 5,500 casualties in fourteen hours at Fromelles.

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Slight edge knocks to the star and surface dirt to all three.

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239. 2273370. A FIRST WORLD WAR TRIO TO A CASUALTY FROM THE AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY FORCE.

Description

A Great War Trio comprising 1914-15 Star named to 1057 Pte J.H. Stuart 32 Bn A.I.F., War Medal and Victory Medal similarly named. John Henry Stuart having previously been reported missing was confirmed as having been killed in action on the 29th July 1916, he is commemorated at V.C. Corner Australian Cemetery and Memorial, Fromelles.
The Australian 5th Division famously suffered 5,500 casualties in fourteen hours at Fromelles.

Condition

Slight edge knocks to the star and surface dirt to all three.

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An Extensive Private Collection of First World War Medals

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239

An Extensive Private Collection of First World War Medals

This sale will comprise an extensive and far-ranging private single owner collection of First World War Medals comprising over 500 lots of Great War medals, the vast majority to men who served on the Western Front, many of them casualties buried in an array of different cemeteries in France and Belgium, to include gallantry groups, numerous 1st Day of the Somme groups, a casualty group to a boy soldier who signed up at the age of 15, examples from the famous ‘Pals Battalions’ and pairs and trios to almost every Regiment and Corps who took part between 1914 and 1918.

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