Noble Numismatics Pty Ltd
Auction 124 28-30 Jul 2020
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CHINA WAR MEDAL 1900. J.N.Gascoine, A.B., N.S.Wales Nav. Contgt. Impressed. Suspension bar with slight bend at left side, otherwise good very fine.
Together with embroidered Medical Corps arm badge.
Able Seaman J.N.Gascoine (incorrectly recorded as Gascoigne); Emb.08Aug1900 on SS Salamis; RTA 25Apr1901 on SS Chingtu.
It was reported that J.N.Gascoigne (note name mis-spelling) of the Ambulance Section of the NSW Naval Contingent was one of those struck down with small pox while those who had returned on the SS Chingtu were being held in quarantine in Sydney. He had been attending a patient with small pox and was infected.
Recorded in Blue Jackets & Boxers by Bob Nicholls, p140, as J. Gascoine of the Ambulance Detachment.
Together with embroidered Medical Corps arm badge.
Able Seaman J.N.Gascoine (incorrectly recorded as Gascoigne); Emb.08Aug1900 on SS Salamis; RTA 25Apr1901 on SS Chingtu.
It was reported that J.N.Gascoigne (note name mis-spelling) of the Ambulance Section of the NSW Naval Contingent was one of those struck down with small pox while those who had returned on the SS Chingtu were being held in quarantine in Sydney. He had been attending a patient with small pox and was infected.
Recorded in Blue Jackets & Boxers by Bob Nicholls, p140, as J. Gascoine of the Ambulance Detachment.