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

№ 1243

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8 July 2010

Hammer Price:
£260

Pair: Sapper S. J. H. Cole, Australian Engineers, killed, France/Flanders, 4 October 1917

British War and Victory Medals (16527 Spr., 1-F.C.E. A.I.F.) nearly extremely fine (2) £140-180

Sapper Stanley James Herbert Cole, 1 Field Company, Australian Engineers, embarked from Sydney on 2 December 1916 aboard H.M.A.T. Orsova. He was killed on 4 October 1917, aged 24 years. Having no known grave, his name is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial. He was the son of James David and Edith Bertha Cole of 41A Rathfern Road, Catford, England.