Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Private J. C. W. Brain, New Zealand Expeditionary Force
British War and Victory Medals (6/2073 Pte. J. C. W. Brain. N.Z.E.F.); together with the recipient’s Returned Soldiers Association badge, very fine

Pair: Trooper N. D. Scarrow, New Zealand Expeditionary Force
British War and Victory Medals (15799 Tpr. N. D. Scarrow. N.Z.E.F.) good very fine

Pair: Corporal C. E. N. Scott, New Zealand Expeditionary Force
British War and Victory Medals (11/2644 Cpl. C. E. N. Scott. N.Z.E.F.) very fine (6) £120-£160

John Charles William Brain was born in Kaiapoi, Waimakariri, North Canterbury, New Zealand, on 17 October 1891, and attested for the N.Z.E.F. on 13 February 1915. Embarked from Auckland with the 4th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, 17 April 1915, he reported to No. 13 Company at Gallipoli on 28 July 1915. Attached to the Australian Tunnelling Company in France 29 May 1916, he was later admitted to hospital in Birmingham suffering from gunshot wounds to the back, legs and arm received at Armentieres. Returned to New Zealand to convalesce, Brain was discharged no longer physically fit for war service on account of his wounds on 26 April 1917.

Norman Douglas Scarrow was born in Hunterville, New Zealand on 21 September 1895, and attested for ‘B’ Company, 15th Infantry at Trentham on 7 March 1916. Disembarked at Devonport 28 September 1916, he was marched into camp at Etaples on 11 October 1916 and was wounded in action on 17 March 1917; his Army Service Record notes a` gunshot wound to the thumb. Admitted to No. 8 Stationary Hospital at Wimereux and the N.Z. General Hospital at Walton, he was discharged from the Otago Mounted Rifles on 20 August 1919.

Charles Edward Nelson Scott was born at Rangitikei, New Zealand, on 5 May 1891. He embarked from Wellington with the 11th Reinforcements on 2 April 1916 and served on the Western Front with the 1st Battalion, Wellington Infantry Regiment from 7 July 1916. His Army Service Record states that he was gassed and suffered a gunshot wound to the right thigh on 30 August 1918. He was later discharged on 12 August 1919.

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