Campaign Groups and Pairs x199 Four: Private J. F. Neumann, 9th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force
1914-15 Star (1402 Pte. J. F. Neumann. 9/Bn A.I.F.); British War and Victory Medals (1402 Pte. J. F. Neumann. 9 Bn. A.I. F.); War Medal 1939-45 (Q141362 J. F. Neumann) nearly very fine (4)
£70-£90
Joseph Ferdinand Neumann attested for the Australian Imperial Force and embarked from Brisbane with the 2nd Reinforcements, 9th Battalion, on 13 February 1915. He was discharged for medical reasons on 4 October 1915, and saw further service during the Second World War.
200 Family Group:
Pair: Corporal H. Breakspeare, 18th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force, who was killed in action at the Battle of Mont-St. Quentin on 31 August 1918 1914-15 Star (352 Pte. H. Breakspeare. 18/Bn A.I.F.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (352 Cpl. H. Breakspeare. 18. Bn. A.I.F.); Memorial Plaque (Harry Breakspeare) good very fine
Victory Medal 1914-19 (203324 Pte. W. Breakspeare. Manch. R.) very fine (4) £140-£180
Harry Breakspeare was born in Oldham, Lancashire, and having emigrated to Australia attested for the Australian Imperial Force at Sydney, New South Wales, on 28 February 1915. He embarked with the 18th Battalion on 25 June 1915, and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front. He was killed in action on 31 August 1918, during the Battle of Mont-St. Quentin, and is buried in Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension, France.
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Four: Sergeant J. Green, 12th Australian Army Service Corps, Australian Imperial Force, later Australian Prevost Corps, who was awarded the Romanian Medal for Valour and Loyalty
1914-15 Star (5079 Dvr. J. Green. 12 A.S.C. A.I.F.); British War and Victory Medals (5079 Sgt. J. Green 12 A.S.C. A.I.F.); Romania, Kingdom, Distinguished Conduct Medal, Second Class, with crossed swords, silvered-bronze, unnamed as issued, cross swords suspension sprung on right hand side; together with the recipient’s A.N.Z.A.C. Commemorative Medallion, bronze, 75mm x 50mm, obverse scene depicting Private John Simpson Kirkpatrick, 3rd Field Ambulance, A. I.F., with donkey, with the legend ‘1915 ANZAC’, reverse with an outline of Australia and New Zealand, with the ‘Southern Cross’, medal named to ‘J. Green’, in its fitted case of issue, good very fine (5)
£300-£400
Romanian Medal for Valour and Loyalty, First Class London Gazette 20 September 1919: ‘For distinguished services rendered during the course of the campaign.’
Joseph Green was born in Fifeshire, Scotland, in 1893 and having emigrated to Australia joined the Australian Imperial Force in November 1914. He served as a Driver with the 12th Australian Army Service Corps in Gallipoli and later Palestine, and subsequently served as a Sergeant with the Australian Prevost Corps.
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Pair: 1st Class Bedroom Steward Thomas G. Dawes, Mercantile Marine, who was drowned in the sinking of the R.M.S. Lusitania
British War and Mercantile Marine War Medals (Thomas G. Dawes.) good very fine (2) £80-£100
Thomas George Dawes was ‘supposed drowned’ in the sinking of the R.M.S. Lusitania by a German submarine on 7 May 1915, with the loss of nearly 2,000 passengers and crew. Sold with copied crew list and Medal Index Card which is marked ‘Deceased’ and shows medals issued to his widow.
203
Three: Chief Artificer Engineer W. Turner, Royal Navy British War and Victory Medals (Ch. Art. Eng. W. Turner. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C.,
E.VII.R. (William Turner, Ch. E. R.A. 2 Cl., H.M.S. Cormorant.) good very fine
Three: Leading Stoker W. N. P. Blain, Royal Navy British War and Victory Medals (J. 64451 W. N. P. Blain. Boy 1, R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, coinage head (J. 60613 W. N. P. Blain. L. Sto. H.M.S. Decoy.) the Great War awards polished, therefore nearly very fine, the LS&GC better (6)
£120-£140 204
Three: Leading Telegrapher F. M. Butland, Royal Navy British War and Victory Medals (J. 46613 F. M. Butland. Tel. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, coinage head (J. 46613 F. M. Butland. L. Tel. H.M.S. Victory.) the Great War awards polished with heavy contact marks, therefore good fine, the LS&GC better
Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (188204 W. J. H. Knowles. Sh. Cpl. 1Cl. H.M.S. Bacchante.) good very fine, scarce to rate (4)
£80-£120
Walter John Hermon Knowles was born in Sunderland, Co. Durham, on 18 October 1880, and was awarded his Royal Navy Long Service and Good Conduct Medal whilst holding the scarce rate of Ship’s Corporal.
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Three: Able Seaman W. J. Jueitt, Royal Navy and Royal Fleet Reserve British War and Victory Medals (J. 52269 W. J. Jueitt. A.B. R.N.); Royal Fleet Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue (J. 52269 (PO. B. 17294) W. J. Jueitt. A.B. R.F.R.) contact marks, nearly very fine and better
Three: Able Seaman J. Watson, Royal Navy and Royal Fleet Reserve British War and Victory Medals (S.S. 7188 J. Watson. Ord. R.N.); Royal Fleet Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue (SS. 7188 (Dev. B. 11814) J. Watson A.B. R.F.R.) nearly extremely fine (6)
£100-£140
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