Lot 3856

Description

Pair and single medal: Pair: British War Medal 1914-18; Victory Medal 1914-19. 1483 L-Cpl J.Steell. 8 A.S.C. A.I.F. Impressed.; Single medal: British War Medal 1914-18. 7192 A-Cpl. L.Cumming. 12-Bn. A.I.F. All medals impressed. The first medal missing suspender, second medal lacquered, very fine, the single medal without ribbon, otherwise extremely fine.

John Steell, age 32, labourer, born at Midlothian, Scotland; Enl.03Oct1914 at Rosehill, NSW; previous service with 15th King's Hussars and 8th Royal Irish Hussars; Emb.22Dec1914; 14Jul1916 charged - Drunk on Parade; Disch.04Apr1919 in London. Entitled to 1914-15 Star.

Louis Schutz Cumming, age 42, Produce Merchant, born at Aberdeen, Scotland in 1873, migrated to Burnie, Tasmania; married Ruth Agnes Hilder at Emu Bay 13Aug1895; worked in the firm of Cumming & Co, produce, seed and timber merchants and machinery agents; Enl.07Aug1916 at Claremont, Tasmania; previous service in Burnie Volunteers c1891; Emb.10Feb1917; 24Jun1917 qualified as 'Very Good' at Lewis Gun School; RTA 02Feb1918 arrived 26Mar1918 (via America at own expense); classified as Medically Unfit (over age and bronchitis); Disch.17May1918. Britsh War Medal is only entitlement.

With research.