Auction Catalogue

25 March 2015

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria to include a Fine Collection of Napoleonic Medals

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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№ 745 x

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25 March 2015

Hammer Price:
£440

Three: Private G. Woods, New Zealand Maori (Pioneer) Battalion, who died on 10 December 1919

1914-15 Star ((16/308 Pte., N.Z.E.F.); British War and Victory Medals (16/308 Pte., N.Z.E.F.) nearly extremely fine (3) £100-140

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Donald G. Mellen Collection.

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Private George Woods, New Zealand Maori (Pioneer) Battalion, died in New Zealand on 10 December 1919, aged 26 years. Born at Puketeraki, Otago, he had served in Egypt, 1915-16, at Gallipoli, and on the Western Front, 1916-18. His name is commemorated in the Kariane Cemetery, New Zealand. He was the son of Hira and Tamati Te Wahia Woods.