Auction Catalogue

23 June 2005

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

Lot

№ 723 x

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23 June 2005

Hammer Price:
£65

Australian Service Medal 1945-75 (VX. 132610 L. T. Thorpe); Australian National Service Medal, unnamed specimen; Australian Logistic Support Forces Medal for Vietnam 1962-1973, unnamed specimen; and “Australia V.A.D.” uniform badges (2), generally good very fine or better (5) £40-60

Leslie Thomas Thorpe, who was born in Mathoura, N.S.W., in February 1919, enlisted in the Citizen Military Forces in December 1941. He subsequently served as a Private in the Australian Army Catering Corps and was discharged in July 1946 after at least two years of duty outside Australia; sold with his original Certificate of Discharge.