Lot 3519

Description

Pair and singles: Pair: 1914-15 Star; Victory Medal 1914-19. 2154 Pte J.S.Johnston. 15 Bn. A.I.F. on both.; Single medals: 1914-15 Star. Naming mostly erased.; British War Medal 1914-18. 48 Dvr G.F.Armstrong. 30Bn A.I.F.; another identical. 424 Pte. H.H.Parnell. 12-M.G.Coy. A.I.F. All named medals impressed. All medals without ribbons, the medal to Armstrong missing suspender and heavily marked and worn, about good, the rest very fine, one pair and three single medals.

James Steel Johnston AKA James Steel McEwan, sailor, age 22, born at Glasgow, Scotland; Enl.20Mar1915; Emb.12Jun1915; WIA on three occasions, 07Aug1915 GSW right wrist, Dardenelles, 06Aug1916 GSW hand, France, 05Apr1918 GSW ankle and leg (fractured tibia), France; RTA 20Oct1918; Disch.07Jun1920.

George Forbes Armstrong, horse driver, age 35, born at Christchurch, NZ; Enl.18Jul1915 at Liverpool, NSW; Emb.05Nov1915; RTA 25May1919; Disch.23Jul1919.

Henry Hay Parnell, warehouseman, age 20, born at St James, Suffolk, England; Enl.22May1916 at Paddington, NSW; Emb.20Oct1916; RTA 23May1918; Disch.16Aug1918 Medically Unfit.