Lot 2806

Description

Australia, WWI Returned from Active Service badge (AIF), by Stokes & Sons, Melb, reverse numbered 131556; another, by Stokes & Sons, Melb, reverse numbered 141430; another, by Austral Eng Co, Perth, reverse numbered 105468. Very fine. (3)

Badge 131556 - awarded to 741 Sergeant Victor Lamington Reis, clerk, age 18, born at Brisbane, Qld; Enl.11Dec1914 at Brisbane, Qld; Emb.09Feb1915 with 2 Rfts for 5LHR; served at Gallipoli, Palestine and Egypt; sick with malaria 01-22Oct1918; RTA 16May1919; Disch.27Jul1919 Medically Unfit.

Badge 141430 - awarded to 1386 2nd Corporal Lionel Alfred Welham, fireman, age 23, born at London, England; Enl.20Dec1916 at Warwick, Qld; Emb.11May1917 with No.4 Railway Unit Section; served in France and Flanders; RTA 25Mar1919; Disch.25May1919.

Badge 105468 - awarded to 791 Private Charles Sumner Hunt, railway porter, age 20, born at Burregurra, Vic; Enl.19Aug1914 at Melbourne, Vic; Emb.19Oct1914 with 8 Infy Bn; served at Gallipoli, France; to 29 Trg Sqn Australian Flying Corps 17Jul1917; to 1st Air Mechanic 01Nov1917; served in France with 69Sqn AFC 01Dec1917; RTA 12Oct1918; Disch.23Feb1919.

With professional, typed research confirming the award recipients for the above badges.