Lot 4596

Description

Distinguished Conduct Medal, (GVR type 1). 1295 Sjt L.G. Jarvis. 32Bn/Aust:Inf. Impressed. Naming nearly erased, otherwise fine.

Ex Trevor Bushell Taylor Collection.

DCM: LG 1/1/1918, p65, posn 25; CAG 18/4/1918, p848, posn 27.

Recommendation: For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. At Lagincourt during May 1917, he was in command of a platoon defending a very important isolated post. He controlled his men in a most efficient manner, disregarding danger, and was able to secure very important information concerning the movements of the enemy in that sector. His unfailing cheerfulness and courage gained for him the utmost confidence and respect of his men.

Leonard George Jarvis, plumber, age 19, born at Bunbury, WA; Enl.14Jul1915 at Perth, WA; Emb.18Nov1915; RTA 24May1919; Disch.16Jul1919. Jarvis claimed that his DCM was lost and it was replaced in August 1932. He died in 1958 and in 1960 the trustee of his estate returned the DCM medal to the Dept of the Army. Therefore, the medal on offer here appears to be the original that was reported lost in 1932.

With research.