Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Five: H. Steele, Australian Merchant Navy
1939-45 Star; Pacific Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Australia Service Medal, all officially impressed ‘H. Steele. M.N.’, mounted for wear, very fine

Pair: Surgeon Lieutenant C. A. A. Lyons, Royal Australian Navy
War Medal 1939-45; Australia Service Medal, both officially named ‘C. A. A. Lyons. R.A.N.’, in card box of issue; together with the related miniature awards, these mounted as worn, extremely fine (7) £70-£90

Clarence Athol Annios Lyons was born at Peak Hill, New South Wales, on 17 December 1916, and was commissioned Temporary Surgeon Lieutenant in the Royal Australian Navy at Sydney on 22 November 1943. He served during the Second World War, and was discharged from H.M.A.S. Rushcutter on 27 February 1946.

Sold with the recipient’s riband bar, and copied record of service.