Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Private W. Hewitt, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, late 25th Battalion Australian Imperial Forces, killed France 3 May 17

British War and Victory Medals (1675 Pte., 25-Bn. A.I.F.) good very fine (2) £140-180

Private William Hewitt, 25th Infantry Battalion, embarked at Brisbane on 29 June 1915 aboard H.M.A.T. Aeneas. Serving with the 2nd Pioneer Battalion, he was killed on 3 May 1917, aged 25 years. Having no known grave, his name is commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Somme, France. He was the son of William and Annie Dorothy Hewitt of Barroll House, Hereford, England.