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Auction: 25002 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 182

A Great War M.M. group of three awarded to Private G. H. Brett, 54th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force

Military Medal, G.V.R. (1620 Pte. G. H. Brett. 54/Aust: Inf:); British War and Victory Medals (1620. Pte. G. H. Brett. 54-Bn. A.I.F.), good very fine (3)

M.M. London Gazette 29 August 1918.

George Henry Brett was born in 1884 at Bristol, England and was living at Dubbo, New South Wales upon his enlistment into the Australian Imperial Force in January 1916. Serving with the 54th Battalion, Brett had his M.M. awarded as per General Sir H. S. Rawlinson's 4th Army Orders 92 of June 1918. Given that timing it would make sense that his award stems from the First Battle of Villers-Bretonneux. Brett was severely wounded by a gun shot to the left thigh on 12 July 1918 and was evacuated for hospital treatment as a result; sold together with the original folded Army Orders.

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Estimate
£500 to £700

Starting price
£400