Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Five: Sergeant J. B. Lowe, 2/7th Australian Infantry Battalion, Australian Forces
1939-45 Star; Pacific Star; Defence Medal; War Medal 1939-45; Australia Service Medal, all officially named ‘VX 52246 J. B. Lowe’; together with large (62 mm wide) bronzed Australian Commonwealth Military Forces Forces slouch hat badge with faint maker mark for Luke, Melbourne, very fine and better

Six: A. S. Snibbe, South African Forces
1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Africa Service Medal, all officially named to ‘61549 A. S. Snibbe’, light contact marks, very fine (11) £80-£100

John Basil Lowe was born at Ballarat, Victoria, on 30 July 1920, and enlisted at Royal Park, Victoria, on 28 March 1941. He served in the Middle East, in training at Palestine, with his unit, but was subsequently withdrawn for ‘Special Duty’ in Ceylon, in 1942. He subsequently served with his unit in New Guinea. He was appointed Corporal in 1943, and Sergeant in 1945, and was discharged in November 1945. He died at Melbourne, Victoria, Australia on 9 April 1990.

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