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Auction: 22001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 419

(x) A Great War M.M. group of three awarded to Signal Sergeant - later 2nd Lieutenant - J. A. Little, New Zealand Mounted Rifles & Wellington Mounted Rifles

Military Medal, G.V.R. (11-1026 Sig: Sjt: J. A. Little. N.Z. M.R.R.); 1914-15 Star (11/1026 2/Lieut. J. A. Little. N.Z.E.F.); British War and Victory Medals (11/1026 2/Lt. J. A. Little. N.Z.E.F.), very fine (4)

M.M. Granted 16 February 1918.

Joseph Alexander Little was born in New Zealand on 13 May 1892 and was living at 50 Salisbury Road, Gisbourne upon joining the New Zealand Expeditionary Force on 1 January 1915. During the course of the Great War he served overseas for some three years, 348 days, being discharged a 2nd Lieutenant on 26 February 1919. Little saw much service on Gallipoli and in Egypt.

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Sold for
£2,300

Starting price
£450