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10 November 2021

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№ 156 x

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10 November 2021

Hammer Price:
£100

Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (JX. 125743. T. H. Hookway. P.O. H.M.A.S. Cerberus.) official correction to ‘A’ of HMAS, otherwise extremely fine £100-£140

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Medals formed by the late Ron Wright.

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Thomas Henry Hookway was attached to the Royal Australian Navy at H.M.A.S. Cerberus, the training establishment for R.A.N. at Melbourne from January 1941 to March 1944, when he joined H.M.A.S. Penguin, another R.A.N. training base located at Balmoral on the lower north shore of Sydney Harbour, before reverting to the Royal Navy in August 1944.