Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Private C. E. Heberle, 4th Field Butchery, Australian Imperial Force
British War and Victory Medals (14917 Pte. C. E. Heberle. A.S.C. A.I.F.) very fine

1914-15 Star (8087 Cpl. L. A. Deale. 15/A.S.C. A.I.F.); British War Medal 1914-20 (5) (20906 Gnr. C. A. Betland. 7 F.A.B. A.I.F.; 2955 Pte. P. Chapman. 1 Pnr. Bn. A.I.F.; 11869 Pte. W. J. Phillips. 3 D.S.C. A.I.F.; 2537 Dvr. E. J. O’Halloran. 1 D.A.C. A.I.F.; 2397 Dvr. W. Dawkins. 10/A.S.C. A.I.F.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (2) (1616 Pte. E. Betland 17 Bn. A.I.F.; 2967 Pte. A. Coe 5 F. Amb. A.I.F.) very fine (10) £200-£260

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

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Percy Chapman, a native of Newcastle, New South Wales, attested for the Australian Imperial Force and served with the 1st Pioneer Battalion during the Great War. He was killed in action on the Western Front on 29 September 1917; he has no known grave, and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.

Eugene John O’Halloran, a native of Crowlands, Victoria, attested for the Australian Imperial Force and served with the 2nd Australian Field Artillery Battery during the Great War. He died of dysentery in Malta on 10 October 1915, and is buried in Addolorata Cemetery, Malta.

William Dawkins, a native of Ballarat, Victoria, attested for the Australian Imperial Force and served with the Australian Army Service Corps during the Great War. He served at Gallipoli, and on the Western Front, and was wounded by shell fire on 8 August 1916, and by gun shot to the right arm on 9 August 1916. He had a very poor disciplinary record, and went AWOL at Colombo, Ceylon, on his voyage home.

Alec Coe, a native of Sydney, New South Wales, attested for the Australian Imperial Force and served with the 5th Australian Field Ambulance during the Great War. He died of wounds on the Western Front on 25 September 1917, and is buried in Reninghelst New Military Cemetery, Belgium.

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