Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Perth Children’s Hospital Presentation Key, 56 x 20mm., 15ct. gold, one side of the bow bearing the arms of Western Australia, the other inscribed, ‘Children’s Hospital, Perth, Presented to the Hon. N. J. Moore, C.M.G., M.L.A., Premier, as Souvenir of Opening, 30.6.09’, extremely fine £40-60

Major-General the Hon. Sir Newton James Moore, K.C.M.G. (1870-1936) was born in Bunbury, Australia, a town in which he served as Mayor and subsequently M.P., 1904-11. He enjoyed a prominent political and military career on two continents, commanding the 18th Australian Light Horse from 1901-8 and serving as the Premier of Western Australia from 1906 to 1911. Subsequently, he was Agent-General in London for Western Australia and served as M.P. for St George’s, Hanover Square in 1918, North Islington 1918-23, and Richmond, 1924-32.