Lot Archive

Lot

№ 696

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31 March 2010

Hammer Price:
£190

Pair: Private J. Voelker, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, Australian Imperial Forces

British War and Victory Medals (2892 Pte., 2-L.H.R. A.I.F.) mounted court style for wear, extremely fine (2) £60-80

John Voelker, a Farmer from Queensland, enlisted on 8 January 1916. With reinforcements for the 2nd Light Horse Regiment, he embarked overseas at Sydney, aboard R.M.S. Malwa on 22 July 1916. His next-of-kin was his mother, Mrs Maria Bonney, of Ormiston, Queensland. With some copied research.