Lot 3830

Description

WWI letters, postcards and other items, includes 2x one page letters to 378 Cpl Donald C. Stewart from his father and one three page letter from him to his father, with Active Service envelope to his father at Spring Vale, Victoria with post cancellation of Field Post Office, signed by Cpl Stewart; 24 cardboard badges representing various French war related scenes and events, all but one in colour and most with small French tri-colour ribbon attached for wearing; letter from French village of Busmenard on the Somme written in continuous fashion on five different French picture postcards, addressed to 'Dear Doll' and signed, 'Your loving brother Jack'; other French postcards (3) one of these an unused silk pocket card and two plastic souvenir cards, one of these broken. Good - very fine. (lot)

Cpl Donald Stewart was wounded three times. He was awarded the Military Medal at Gueudecourt on 10 January 1917 when a large party of men came under fire in the open. Although amongst the wounded he went out and attended to two men who were severely hit and carried them in and then again went out and searched to make sure there were no others. He was then awarded a Bar to the Military Medal at Corbie on 18 June 1918 for great gallantry and devotion to duty along with two others when he climbed under a bridge and removed ten large explosive charges which were in danger of being detonated by a nearby burning building.