Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Family Group:

Pair: Sergeant S. McGee, 3rd Battalion, Australian Infantry, who was recommended for the D.C.M., was awarded the M.M., and was killed in action on the Western Front on 9 August 1918
1914-15 Star (1398 Pte. S. Mc.Gee. 3/Bn. A.I.F.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (1398 Sjt. S. Mc Gee. 3-Bn. A.I.F.) very fine

Victory Medal 1914-19 (7794 Gnr. A. J. Mc Gee R.A.) nearly very fine (3) £100-£140

M.M. London Gazette 17 July 1917.

The original Recommendation, for a Distinguished Conduct Medal, dated 12 May 1917, states:
‘At Bullecourt, on 4 May 1917, this N.C.O. was a splendid example and an inspiration to his men by his gallant conduct during an attack.’

Sydney McGee, a native of Summer Hill, New South Wales, attested for the Australian Imperial Force on 21 October 1914, and embarked from Sydney on H.M.A.T. Seang Bee on 11 February 1915. He served with the 3rd Battalion, Australian Infantry during the Great War in Egypt, Gallipoli, and on the Western Front, and for his gallantry at Bullecourt on 4 May 1917 was recommended for the D.C.M., being awarded instead the Military Medal. He was killed in action on 9 August 1918, and is buried in Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery, France.