Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Corporal J. A. D. Barnett, Canadian Infantry, who was permanently blinded by a gunshot wound to both eyes by an enemy sniper at St. Eloi, 28 May 1916
1914-15 Star (73871 Cpl. J. A. D. Barnett 28 Bn. Can. Inf.); British War and Victory Medals (Hon. Capt. J. A. D. Barnett.) very fine

Pair: Private E. H. P. Gaudin, Canadian Infantry
British War and Victory Medals (186762 Pte. E. H. P. Gaudin. 27-Can. Inf.) very fine

Memorial Plaque (Francis Peter Hutchinson) good very fine (6) £100-140

John Alfred Derby Barnett was born in Birmingham on 7 December 1887, and attested for the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force at Fort William, Ontario, on 23 October 1914. Posted to the 28th North-West Battalion, he served with the Canadian Infantry during the Great War on the Western Front, and was wounded by gun shot at St. Eloi on 28 May 1916. The medical report states that ‘While on duty was shot by a sniper, the bullet entering the right eye and passing out through the left eye completely destroying both eyes, which were later enucleated. Commissioned Lieutenant on 12 June 1916, he subsequently lectured on sniping in which, his service record notes, ‘he is an authority’. He relinquished his commission on account of his blindness on 30 June 1918, and was granted the honorary rank of Captain. He died on 9 November 1970.

Edmond Paul Henry Gaudin was born in Malvern, Worcestershire on 6 March 1892, and attested for the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force at Winnipeg, Manitoba, on 12 November 1915. He served with both the 90th and 27th Battalions, Canadian Infantry during the Great War on the Western Front.

Francis Peter Hutchinson was born in Thirsk, Yorkshire, on 27 February 1891, and attested for the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force at Fort William, Ontario, on 23 October 1914. Posted to the 28th North-West Battalion, he served with the Canadian Infantry during the Great War on the Western Front from 18 September 1915, and was killed in action on 6 June 1916. He has no known grave, and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.

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