Lot 5334

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Trio: 1914-15 Star; British War Medal 1914-18; Victory Medal 1914-19. O.N.313. T.D.Eves. A.B. on first medal, 313 T.D.Eves. A.B. A.N. & M.E.F. on second and third medals. All medals impressed. Extremely fine.

Able Seaman Thomas Dillon Eves, born 1886 Maldon, enlisted 12Aug 914 commence RAN service aboard HMAS Berrima 18Aug 1914 on wartime engagement plus six months, file records state that he had a tattoo of a sailor on his right arm; member of Australian Expeditionary Force for New Guinea embarking on 19Aug1914; 19)ct1914 to shore duty. HMAS Berrima, an Auxiliary Cruiser, left Sydney on 19 August 1914 carrying men of the AN & MEF consisting of a battalion of 1,000 infantry and a small battalion of 500 Naval Reservists and time-expired RN seamen for operations against the German New Guinea colonies. Troops were landed at Herbertshohe and Rabaul on 11 and 12 September respectively and on the New Guinea mainland on 24 September. HMAS Berrima returned to Sydney and was paid off in October and converted to become a troop transport ship. Together with a Department of Defence letter confirming awards. With research.