Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Captain C. F. Greaves, Australian Forces
British War and Victory Medals (13156 Gnr. C. F. Greaves. 2-D.A.C. A.I.F.); War Medal 1939-45; Australia Service Medal, these both officially impressed ‘V367901 C. F. Greaves.’, mounted court-style for display, cleaned and heavily lacquered, very fine

Victory Medal 1914-19 (25019. 1.A.M. L. H. Wood. R.F.C.) cleaned and heavily lacquered, very fine (5) £80-£100

Charles Forrester Greaves was born at Berwick, Victoria, on 9 October 1891 and attested for the Australian Imperial Force as a Gunner in the 4th Field Artillery Brigade on 10 July 1915. He embarked from Melbourne on the R.M.S. Malwa on 21 March 1916, and is recorded as being wounded in action in both 1916 and 1917. He transferred to the Australian Flying Corps in 1917, and started pilot training in 1918. He returned to Australia on 29 May 1919, and saw further service during the Second World War as a Captain in “D” Company, 11th Battalion, Volunteer Defence Corps.