Noble Numismatics Pty Ltd
Auction 120 2-4 Apr 2019
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TRIO WITH SCARCE GSM TO 1 AUSTRALIAN WIRELESS SQUADRON: British War Medal 1914-18; Victory Medal 1914-19; General Service Medal 1918-62 (GVR coinage profile), - clasp - Kurdistan. First two medals with naming erased, 20548 T.S.Sjt. J.E.Blakey. 1-A.W.S.S. on last medal. The named medal impressed. Court mounted, the first medal with contact marks, fine - very fine.
Together with Australian Wireless Corps A.I.F. hat badge in oxidised bronze; b&w photo of 1st Wireless Squadron mat framed with drawn Wireless Corps badge above and under perspex in a timber frame (26x21.5cm).
John Edward Blakey, electrician, age 23, born at Robertson, near Cobar, NSW; Enl.17Sep1915 at Inverell, NSW with 12 months prior service in Australian Navy at Garden Island, Sydney, NSW; Emb.19Dec1917 with Light Motor Set Wireless Troop as 2nd Corporal; to Basra 08Mar1918 and Ops in Kurdistan as Staff Sgt; departed Basra 01Oct1919 and was demobilized in Mesopotamia to take up Civil employment with Works Directorate effective from that date; in 1921 Blakey was working at Departmental Officers' Stores, Electrical and Mechanical, Baghdad, Mesopotamia.
Only 55 GSM clasp Kurdistan medals issued to Australians.
With copy of Service File.
Together with Australian Wireless Corps A.I.F. hat badge in oxidised bronze; b&w photo of 1st Wireless Squadron mat framed with drawn Wireless Corps badge above and under perspex in a timber frame (26x21.5cm).
John Edward Blakey, electrician, age 23, born at Robertson, near Cobar, NSW; Enl.17Sep1915 at Inverell, NSW with 12 months prior service in Australian Navy at Garden Island, Sydney, NSW; Emb.19Dec1917 with Light Motor Set Wireless Troop as 2nd Corporal; to Basra 08Mar1918 and Ops in Kurdistan as Staff Sgt; departed Basra 01Oct1919 and was demobilized in Mesopotamia to take up Civil employment with Works Directorate effective from that date; in 1921 Blakey was working at Departmental Officers' Stores, Electrical and Mechanical, Baghdad, Mesopotamia.
Only 55 GSM clasp Kurdistan medals issued to Australians.
With copy of Service File.