Lot 5187

Description

Trio: British War Medal 1914-18; Victory Medal 1914-19; Australia Senior Cadets Commonwealth Military Brigade Competitions Champion Team 1912-13. 19742 Pte C.G.B.Colquhoun. 2 A.H.S. A.I.F. on first medal, 19742 Pte C.G.B.Colquhoun 2 A.H.Ship A.I.F. on second medal, Cadet. C.G.Colquhoun 49th Battn. on last medal. First two medals impressed, last medal engraved. Display mounted, very fine -extremely fine.

49th Bn was in 13th Brigade, 3rd (Vic) Military District.

Colin George Burrowes Colquhoun, student at Melbourne University, age 21, born at Surrey Hills, Vic; Enl.28May1918 at Melbourne, Vic, in AMC Sea Transport Section, with 3 years in Senior Cadets and 3 years in Citizen Forces; Emb.28May1918 and TOS No.2 AHS Kanowna; Arrived Suez 17Jul1918; RTA 14Mar1919; Disch.01Apr1919; passed final exam for MB, BS Mar1923; opened medical practice at Avoca, Vic; married Miss Phyllis N.Johnson and celebrated the occasion on 12Nov1930 at the chapel of Church of England Grammar School; sold medical practice at Avoca in 1933 and was given a public farewell reception; commenced new medical practice at Minto Lodge, Mornington, Vic in Dec1933; Died 07Jun1982.