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№ 656

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22 July 2016

Hammer Price:
£420

Pair: Major J.A. Cameron, 1st Wellington Regiment

New Zealand Long and Efficient Service Medal, 2nd issue by White, unmarked (Maj. J. A. Cameron, Retd. List.) officially renamed; New Zealand Territorial Service Medal, G.V.R., 2nd issue by Wright (Maj. J. A. Cameron, Retd. List.) generally good very fine (2) £180-220

James Aeneas Cameron was born in 1880. He served as a Captain in the Irish Rifles, Wanganui, July 1908 to February 1911. He re-engaged for service with the N.Z.E.F., 14 August 1914, and served during the Great War in both the Egyptian and French theatres of War. Advanced to the rank of Major, 1 March 1916, he was appointed 2nd in command 4th (Reserve) Battalion, Wellington Regiment, 15 September 1917. Later that year he was appointed Acting Provost Marshal, Anzac Provost Corps. He was discharged 14 December 1919.