Lot 2056

Description

Volunteer Force Long Service Medal, (VRI), with brooch suspension. B.G.Harpur Brown. Capt. Retired List. Engraved. Toned extremely fine.

Capt. B.G.Harpur Brown. Retired List, Vic. Mil. G.O. No.32, 23/4/1898, p123.

Benjamin George Harpur Brown was born 1 October 1845 at Dublin. He arrived in Victoria in 1858 and later began working as a clerk for Judge Billing. For several years he was a member of the Southern Rifles, advanced to the rank of Sergeant and later was commissioned as a Captain in the Emerald Artillery. A favourite with both officers and men he remained with unit until it was disbanded. In 1888 he was elected a Councillor for the South Yarra Ward of Prahran.

With research.