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Auction 124 28-30 Jul 2020
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VICTORY MEDAL 1914-19. 2858 L-Cpl. A.M.Perry 3 Bn. A.I.F. Impressed.; cloth patch fragment of Rising Sun badge (KC); cabin door plate from troopship Queen Mary, engraved and coloured 'A 122' on rectangular timber plate with pierced securing holes at each corner, printed in ink on reverse 'Queen Mary Oct 1940'. The first missing suspension loop and ribbon, otherwise very fine, the patch poor, the door plate very fine. (3)
Alfred Mark Perry, blacksmith, age 32, born at Yanipy, Vic; Enl.08Nov1916 at Rutherford, NSW, previously in militia and discharged to join AIF; Emb.20Nov1916 with 6th Reinforcements for 35Bn; to 3Bn 02Sep1917; To L/Cpl 13Oct1918; RTA 21Mar1919; Disch.12Jun1919.
The door plate probably souvenired when the Queen Mary was in Sydney in 1940 to be refitted as a troopship to carry Australian and New Zealand soldiers to England.
Alfred Mark Perry, blacksmith, age 32, born at Yanipy, Vic; Enl.08Nov1916 at Rutherford, NSW, previously in militia and discharged to join AIF; Emb.20Nov1916 with 6th Reinforcements for 35Bn; to 3Bn 02Sep1917; To L/Cpl 13Oct1918; RTA 21Mar1919; Disch.12Jun1919.
The door plate probably souvenired when the Queen Mary was in Sydney in 1940 to be refitted as a troopship to carry Australian and New Zealand soldiers to England.