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Auction: 25113 - Orders, Decorations and Medals - e-Auction
Lot: 428

(x) Pair: Corporal C. A. Greentree, 19th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force, two was twice shot and gassed during the Great War

British War and Victory Medals (6523 Cpl C.A. Greentree. 19 Bn. A.I.F), mounted as worn, very fine (2)

Pair: Private W.J. Smith, 19th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force

British War and Victory Medals (4243 Pte. W.J. Smith. 19-Bn A.I.F), very fine (2)

Pair: Private H.M. Stanley, 19th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force

British War and Victory Medals (6874 Pte. H.M. Stanley. 19-Bn A.I.F), contact marks, very fine (2)

Pair: Private J.E. Towers, 19th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force

British War and Victory Medals (5035 Pte. J.E. Towers.19 Bn. A.I.F.), very fine (2)

Clement Aubrey Greentree was born on 2 May 1887 at Cattai, New South Wales, Australia. A farmer, he initially enlisted in the 13th Battalion on 27 May 1916 and embarked for France on 28 December 1916 and later posted to the 19th Battalion where he was promoted to Corporal.

He was wounded three times during the war; a gunshot wound to the shoulder on 10 May 1917, gassed on 31 May 1918 and wounded in the chest on 4 October 1918. Returning to Australia on 2 January 1919, he was discharged on 12 April 1919.

Clem was a farmer in the Hawkesbury District. He passed away in 1962 after being struck down by a car in Windsor NSW near what was formally known as Tate's pub; sold together with copied research and two brass wound stripes.

William John Smith was a 22 year old labourer from Brunswick, Victoria who enlisted in the 19th Battalion on 11 November 1915. He saw service with the Battalion in France and was returned to Australia on 4 May 1917 for reasons unknown; sold together with copied research.

Harold Mulcahy Stanley was a 25 year old clerk when he enlisted at Sydney on 9 April 1917. He served in France initially with the 19th Battalion before being transferred to the 20th Battalion on 17 February 1918. Stanley was discharged on 7 September 1919; sold together with copied research.

John Ernest Towers was a 44 year old wool cleaner originally from Bradford, West Yorkshire who enlisted at Sydney on 27 January 1916 for service in the 19th Battalion. Arriving in France on 19 November 1916, he was sent to a Lewis gun school rejoining the Battalion on 25 February 1917. He received a gunshot wound to the head and ear on 3 May 1917 and sent to Richmond military hospital in England to recover. Found fit for active service again, he was sent back to France but later discharged medically unfit at Sydney on 2 May 1918; sold together with copied research.

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£60