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Auction: 19002 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 140

Family group:

'Peaceful be thy rest, dear brother,
Tis sweet to breathe thy name;
In life, I loved you very dear,
In death, I do the same.'

Private Peter Logan's elegy to his older brother, who died of wounds on 9 April 1918. Peter himself died just three months later.

Pair: Lance-Corporal J. Logan, 18th Battalion, Australian Infantry, who was mortally wounded during the German Spring Offensive

British War and Victory Medals (4180 L.Cpl. J. Logan. 18-Bn. A.I.F.), very fine

Three: Private P. Logan, Gordon Highlanders, mortally wounded at Loos in July 1918

1914-15 Star (S-5134. Pte. P. Logan, Gord. Highrs.); British War and Victory Medals (S-5134 Pte. P. Logan. Gord. Highrs.), good very fine, with brown envelope of issue



John Logan was born at Briary Cottage, Ormiston, East Lothian in 1889. Educated at Ormiston Public School, he gained civilian employment as a miner before moving to Sydney, New South Wales aged 22. He enlisted into the 18th Battalion, Australian Infantry on 4 December 1915, quickly advancing to Lance-Corporal. He died of wounds received at Gentelles, in the Somme Valley, on 19 April 1918 and is buried in the Hangard Communal Cemetery Extension; sold with Commonwealth War Graves Commission certificate and service papers.

Peter Logan was born at Briary Cottage, Ormiston, East Lothian in 1898, the younger brother of John Logan. He played football for Arniston Rangers. He enlisted into the 1st Battalion, Gordon Highlanders, arriving in France on 9 July 1915. After his older brother died of wounds on 9 April 1918, he wrote a moving funeral elegy (see above) which was printed in the Haddingtonshire Courier on 14 June 1918. He died of wounds received at Loos on 15 July 1918, and was buried in grave III. B. 6, Sandpits British Cemetery, Pas de Calais. His name appears with his brother's on the Ormiston war memorial and his medals were sent to his mother Elizabeth Logan, at Briary Cottage; sold with copied research and MIC.





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