Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Sergeant S. J. Longmire, Australian Imperial Force

1914-15 Star (2386 Pte. S. J. Longmire. 8/Bn. A.I.F.); British War and Victory Medals (2386 Pte. S. J. Longmire. 8 Bn. A.I.F.) contact marks, nearly very fine (3) £80-£100

Stanley James Longmire was born in Footscray, Victoria, in 1892 and attested for the Australian Imperial Force on Australia Day (26 January) 1915. Posted to the 8th Battalion, he embarked from Australia in H.M.A.T. Demosthenes on 16 July 1915, he served during the Great War initially at Gallipoli, and then in Egypt, being promoted Sergeant on 6 June 1916. He saw further service on the Western Front from 13 June 1916.

Sold with copied record of service.