Auction Catalogue

31 March 2010

Starting at 10:00 AM

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British and World Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 701

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31 March 2010

Hammer Price:
£130

Pair: Bombardier H. W. Brown, 8th Battalion Field Artillery Brigade, Australian Imperial Forces, died of wounds, 6 August 1917

British War and Victory Medals (19662 Bdr., 8 F.A.B. A.I.F.) ‘B.W.M.’ officially re-impressed, good very fine (2) £70-90

Bombardier Henrik William Brown, 29th Battery, 8th Brigade, Australian Field Artillery, died of wounds on 6 August 1917, aged 25 years. He died of multiple shell wounds, suffered some hours before, whilst in transit to the 4th Australian Field Ambulance. He was initially buried at Westof Farm Military Cemetery, near Messines and was later reburied at the Kandahar Farm Cemetery Heuvelland, Belgium. He was the son of John and Margaret Ann Brown, of 7 Toward Street, Murrumbeena, Victoria, Australia. With copied research.