Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Memorial Plaque (James William Close) polished and worn, with severe edge bruising, therefore good fine

Miniature Medals (32): Ghuznee 1839; Queen’s Sudan 1896-98; Natal 1906, 1 clasp, 1906; India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Waziristan 1921-24, this loose on riband; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Air Crew Europe Star; Africa Star (2); Pacific Star (3); Burma Star; France and Germany Star; Defence Medal (2); War Medal 1939-45 (2); Australia Service Medal (2); Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 1 clasp, Khartoum; Australia, Australian Active Service Medal 1945-75, 1 clasp, Malaya; Australian Service Medal 1945-75, 1 clasp (3), Japan; SW Pacific; PNG; Australian Active Service Medal 1975, no clasp; Defence Force Service Medal; India, Paschimi Star; General Service Medal 1947; L.S. & G.C. Medal, for 20 Years’ Service; 25th Anniversary of Independence Medal 1947-72; together with an unofficial International Prisoners of War Medal, generally very fine (33) £100-£140

James William Close attested for the Durham Light Infantry and served with the 10th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 21 May 1915. He died on 16 September 1916, and is buried in St. Sever Cemetery, Rouen.