Australian Groups

Lot 3786    Session 13 (2.30pm Thursday)    Australian Groups

Estimate $950
Bid at live.noble.com.au

GROUP OF FIVE. 1914-15 Star; British War Medal 1914-18; Victory Medal; British War Medal 1939-45; Australia Service Medal 1939-45. 4437 H.McWhae 2 F A B A I F on star, 4437 Gnr H.Mc Whae. 2F.A.B. A.I.F. on second and third medals, 254462 H.McWhae on last two medals. Impressed. Very fine.

Hector McWhae. Enl.24Apr1915. RTA.31Jan1918. Together with miniature medals, coronation medal 1953 with bow, a Memorial plaque for John Wilson McWhae (brother, K.I.A.21Jun1917 at Flanders) and a gilt embossed leather bound family memorial book containing original photographs and letters from the front 1914-18 from the two brothers, Lieut. John Wilson McWhae 189th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, and Bombardier Hector McWhae, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade, Australian Imperial Forces. Bombardier Hector McWhae served in Gallipoli, France and Belgium, and although wounded survived the war and served again in W.W.II.