Orders, Decorations & Medals - Australian Singles
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Lot 5156 Session 19 (4.30pm Friday 25 November) Orders, Decorations & Medals - Australian Singles
Estimate $300
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $200
MEMORIAL PLAQUE WWI, named to Alexander Laing. In wall hanging, circular timber frame under glass, one time cleaned, very fine.
Alexander Laing, farmer, age 19, born at Drouin, Vic; Enl.01Mar1915 at Melbourne, Vic in 23Bn; Emb.08May1915; to Gallipoli 30Aug1915; 26Jun1916, Field General Court Martial for disobeying a lawful order and using threatening language - sentence 90 days F.P.no.2 - quashed by Army Commander; WIA 07Nov1916 GSW legs, compound fracture - amputated, died of wounds at 36th Casualty Clearing Station, France; buried at Heilly Station Cemetery, Meri Court-L'Abbe, France.
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