Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

British War Medal 1914-20 (6) (5219 Pte. A. W. Swanson, 10 Bn. A.I.F.; 651 Pte. E. Mouland, 12-Bn. A.I.F.; 1773 Pte. A. Lindsay, 13 Bn. A.I.F.; 6832 A-Cpl. E. H. King, 21 Bn. A.I.F.; 538 Pte. P. J. Ross, 22 Bn. A.I.F.; 581 Sgt. W. King, 23-Bn. A.I.F.) very fine and better (6) £180-220

Private Arthur Wilhelm Swanson, 10th Battalion Australian Imperial Forces, embarked from Adelaide aboard H.M.A.T. Shropshire on 25 March 1916. He died/was killed on 10 April 1917. Having no known grave, his name is commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, France.

Private Edgar Mouland, 12th Battalion Australian Imperial Forces, embarked from Melbourne aboard H.M.A.T. Geelong on 17 September 1914. He was killed in action in Gallipoli on 25 April 1915. He was buried in the Lone Pine Cemetery. He was the son of Emma and the late John Mouland and was a native of Alderbury.

Walter King enlisted on 23 February 1915 and embarked aboard H.M.A.T. Euripides on 10 May 1915. Serving as a Sergeant with the 23rd Battalion Australian Imperial Forces, he was killed in action on 22 March 1918 in Belgium. He was buried in the Berks Cemetery Extension. He was the son of Samuel King of 126 St. Thomas Road, Finsbury Park, London. His photograph appears in the ‘Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour’ website.