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№ 147

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26 January 2022

Hammer Price:
£260

Pair: Private P. Batty, 18th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force, who died of wounds in Gallipoli on 4 September 1915
1914-15 Star (1077 Pte. P. Batty. 18/Bn. A.I.F.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (1077 Pte. P.Batty. 18-Bn A.I.F.) very fine

1914-15 Star
(348 Pte. E. T. Moyle 28-Bn. A.I.F.) attempted erasure of name but details still clearly visible; Victory Medal 1914-19 (3257-A Pte. H. Clark. 9-Bn. A.I.F.) generally very fine (4) £100-£140

Percival Batty served with the 18th Battalion Australian Infantry during the Great War in the Gallipoli theatre of War and died of wounds received there on 4 September 1915. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Lone Pine Memorial, Turkey.

Edwin Moyle was born in Queensland and served with the 28th Battalion Australian Infantry during the Great War on the Western Front. He was killed in action ‘sometime between 3 November and 6 November 1916’; he has no known grave and is commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, France.

Herbert Clark
had originally enlisted with the 9th Battalion Australian Infantry but was serving with the 49th Battalion when he was killed in action on the Western Front on 5 April 1918. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, France.