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Auction: 17001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 230

(x) A rare Second World War and long service group of seven awarded to Sergeant A. V. Frater, Australian Military Forces

1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Australia Service Medal 1939-45, these four officially impressed 'QX24329 A. V. Frater'; U.N. Korea 1950-54 (1/307 A. V. Frater), officially impressed naming; Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., Australia (1307 Sgt. Frater, A.V., A.M.F.), officially engraved naming; Commonwealth of Australia Meritorious Service Medal, E.II.R. (1307 Sgt. A. V. Frater, A.R.A.), officially engraved naming, mounted as worn, generally good very fine (7)

Allan Victor Frater was born at Southport, Queensland on 2 November 1919 and enlisted in the Australian Army in Brisbane in October 1941. Having served in 67 Australian Infantry Battalion, as part of the British Commonwealth Occupation Force (B.C.O.F.) in Japan, he was discharged in July 1948.

He was subsequently recalled at the time of the Korea War and afterwards joined Royal Australian Infantry Corps. It was in the latter capacity that he was awarded his L.S. & G.C. Medal (C.G. No. 73 of 27 October 1960, refers) and M.S.M. (C.G. No. 19 of 27 February 1964, refers).



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