Auction Catalogue

7 & 8 July 2010

Starting at 11:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 407

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8 July 2010

Hammer Price:
£190

British War Medal 1914-20 (4) (555 Pte. E. J. Skerritt, 26-Bn. A.I.F.; 2364 Pte. C. E. Cullen, 28 Bn. A.I.F.; 481 2-Cpl. L. R. Dare, Rly. Unit A.I.F.; 877 Sgt. A. Tasker, Rly. Unit A.I.F.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (5416 Pte. H. E. Morgan, 60 Bn. A.I.F.) very fine and better (5) £140-180

Edward John Skerritt was born in Folkestone, Kent. Serving with the 26th Battalion A.I.F., he embarked from Brisbane aboard H.M.A.T. Aeneas on 29 June 1915. He was killed in action on 26 March 1917, aged 36 years. Having no known grave, his name is commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial.

Private Charles Edward Cullen, 28th Battalion A.I.F., embarked from Fremantle aboard H.M.A.T.
Themistocles on 13 October 1915. He was killed in action on 29 July 1916. Having no known grave, his name is commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial.