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Auction: 20003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 429

Pair: Private S. J. Dunn, 21st Machine Gun Company, Australian Imperial Force

British War and Victory Medals (6256 Pte. S. J. Dunn. 21-M.G.C. A.I.F.), good very fine (2)

Sidney Joseph Dunn was born at Frederickton, New South Wales in December 1892 and was an unmarried shop assistant upon his enlistment at Sydney on 1 May 1916. Embarked aboard the Euripides on 9 September 1916. Twice admitted to hospital in the United Kingdom with venereal disease during his training during 1917, he had also gone absent without leave in November 1916 which cost him 7 days punishment. Dunn served in France from 18 October and was wounded in action with a gun shot wound to the left thigh on 27 October, he was admitted to Chester War Hospital on 2 November. Charged for drunkenness in France in October 1918, Dunn returned to Australia on 4 July 1919; sold with copied Service Record.

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Sold for
£95

Starting price
£80