Lot 2949

Description

Ancient Order of Foresters, presentation medal, (1865), in silver (50x67mm), with suspension ring and loop, with hallmark, one side plain and the other side inscribed, 'Presented/To/H.G. Child. C.T./By The/Officers and Members of/Court Sydney 2001. AOF/for services rendered/May 29th 1865'; also medals to a relative, possibly a son, Protestant Alliance Friendly Society of Australasia medals, one in silver (missing ribbon), reverse inscribed, 'Presented By/Grand Council/To/Bro. H.C. Child/For Zeal/Introducing 6 Members/1913', another in gilt and enamel with Luther Cranmer Calvin Knox emblem on ribbon, reverse inscribed, 'Presented to/Bro. H. Childs P.M./By/United Service Lge/No 92/1924'; another identical with reverse inscribed, 'Presented to/Bro. H.C. Childs P.M./In Appreciation/by/Lodge No 92/June 1925', note errors in spelling surname. Very fine - extremely fine. (4)

H.G.Child was Chief Treasurer of the Sydney 2001 Branch (Court) of the Ancient Order of Foresters. He operated a furniture making business at 56 Parramatta Street (renamed George Street West in 1877 and formally renamed Broadway in 1934), Sydney. H.G.Child (Henry George Child) was born to Thomas Bidwell Child, a convict, and Sarah (Sally) Hanks, a currency lass in the early 1820s. Bidwell was transported to Port Jackson in 1817. He obtained a Ticket of Leave and ended up in Launceston where he was charged for further crimes and subsequently hanged in Murray Street, Hobart in 1827. After her husband was hanged, Sarah returned to Sydney and married William Richard Green who taught her two sons cooperage and carpentry.