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Lot

№ 1064

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28 June 2012

Hammer Price:
£140

Three: Lieutenant-Colonel E. Buley, Australian Army Service Corps

War Medal 1939-45; Australia Service Medal, both officially named (VX104208 E. Buley); Efficiency Decoration, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Australia, reverse inscribed, ‘VX104208 Lt. Col. E. Buley. A.I.F.’, this in case of issue, nearly extremely fine (3)
£100-140

Edgar Buley was born in Ballarat, Victoria on 14 October 1887. During the Great War he served as a Captain in the Sea Transport Service. Between the wars he became the Manager of the Australian Provident Society, Launceston. During the Second World War he served in the regular forces as a Lieutenant-Colonel in the Australian Army Service Corps, July 1942-May 1943. With some copied biographical and service details.