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Copy enlistment sheet. John Edward Holmes was born 30 December 1877 in Sheffield, England and was living in Three Hills, Alberta when he enlisted in the 89th Battalion 28 December 1915. He transferred to the 4th Field Troop, Canadian Engineers in March 1916.
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Major Peter Everett Q. MacKinnon
Rocky Mountain Rangers
Italy Star Unnamed
France & Germany Star Unnamed
Defence Medal Unnamed
Canadian Volunteer Service Medal clasp Unnamed
1939-45 War Medal Unnamed
United Nations Medal (UENF) Unnamed
Canadian Forces Decoration (QEII) MAJ P.E.Q. MacKINNON
Copy service papers. Mounted as worn. Peter Everett Q. MacKinnon commissioned 2nd Lieut. 7 March 1939 with the Rocky Mountain Rangers. Called-up for active service 26 August 1939. To UK 3 August 1940 (Lieutenant). Captain 1 July 1942. To Central Mediterranean Force November 1943. To UK July 1944 (to Sandhurst Staff College). Next posting is censored. Major March 1945. To Northwest Europe 5 June 1945. Returned to UK February 1946. Returned to Canada soon after. Posted to Washington 1950. Posted to London (UK) 1951. Returned to Canada 1955. To Italy December 1956. To Egypt 15 December 1956. (UENF Medal). Returned to Canada November 1958. Retired 22 July 1959. Medals verified in papers.
Group of Eight: £350
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Major Thomas George Inglis
Canadian Air Force
(Helicopter Pilot)
Canadian Forces Decoration (QEII) CAPT TG INGLIS
Mounted for wear. Copy service papers. Thomas George Inglis was commissioned Lieutenant 15 October 1974. Attended Canadian Forces Officers School, Chilliwack. Qualified helicopter pilot. To 3 Canadian Forces Flying Training School February 1975. To 403 Helicopter Operational Training Squadron March 1977. Captain 24 October 1978. To 444 Combat Support Squadron (Lahr, Germany) July 1977. Back to Canada April 1980. To Canadian Forces Base, Winnipeg June 1985. Canadian Forces Recruitment Centre, Winnipeg June 1988. Major 1 June 1988. To Air Command HQ, WinnipegJuly 1992. To 3 Canadian Forces Flying Training School July 1994. Awards listed as Flying Badge, CD, SSM with NATO bar. Discharged 5 September 1995.
Pair: £175
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Corporal S.W. MacDonald
Royal Canadian Army Service Corps
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WOII Alexander Thomas McNabb
New Zealand Corps of Signals
Africa Star Unnamed
New Zealand Service Medal Unnamed
1939-45 War Medal Unnamed
Efficiency Medal (GVI) New Zeland W.O.II. A.T.McNABB N.Z. CORPS SIGS.
Copy service papers. Alexander Thomas McNabb was born in New Zealand 26 December 1911. He enlisted 23 February 1926 - 35 Coy. Wgtn. Regt. to 25 Dec. 1926 (under 17 years old). Promoted Lance-Corporal 9 Nov. 1927. Cadet Unit, Wgtn Regt. 7 March 1928. Central District Signal Coy. 1 June 1929. Sergeant 18 January 1937. Promoted WOII (C.S.M.) 1 June 1939. Efficiency Posted to Special Force 27 Sept. 1939. Medal awarded 1 January 1940. He was working for the Post and Telegraph Department, Wellington when he was mobilised for active service. Went to Egypt 13 February 1940 "to join Lustre Force". 15 May 1940 "injury to leg when M/C struck a boulder & rolled sideways jamming leg." Admitted hospital. His wife enquired about his condition and was informed that he would be returning to New Zealand "It is understood that he is able to get about with the aid of a stick." Returned to New Zealand 13 December 1941. He was discharged 29 April 1943 and died 26 March 2001. Medals confirmed in service file.
Group of Five: SOLD
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Sergeant Gilbert Henry Cross
Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment
Copy service records (large file). Gilbert Henry Cross was born in Te Areha, New Zealand 17 April 1926. He enlisted 16 January 1950 in the Regular Forces. Posted to Royal New Zealand Army Service Corps 21 April 1950: rank Driver. Posted to New Zealand Provost Corps and to "NZ Regt for provost duties" 2 October 1950: rank Private. Became a warder at Ardmore Detention Barracks. Posted to the Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment. Appointed "Range Warden" 1960 at Papakura Camp. He was court martialled 5 April 1965 for the loss of a rifle through neglect. Two youths had broken into a range workshop and stolen the weapon. The court decided that Cross should have returned to rifle to secure storage and not left it in the workshop.
He appealled against the conviction on 20 September 1965 and his appeal was unanimously allowed and the conviction quashed. The court found that the range workshop should have been considered a secure place. The building was securely locked, but a 14 year old boy slid int through a fanlight opening in the roof. LSGC awarded 27 March 1968.
Discharged medically unfit 27 August 1970.
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Private Thomas Alfred Johnson
Australian Army Service Corps
1939-45 War Medal unnamed
Copy service details: Private Thomas Alfred Johnson was born in Merrylands, NWS 28 August 1923.
A baker by trade, he enlisted into the Militia 13 June 1942, Australian Army Service Corps.
August 1942 posted to 1st Australian Field Bakery in Brisbane, as Group II Baker. October 1942 posted to 2/2 Field Bakery.
April 1943 posted to 3rd Field Bakery in North Queensland. July 1943 enlisted fromm Militia to the Australian Imperial Forces. March 1944 to 19th Field Bakery Platoon. September 1945 to Queensland Line of Communication Area Depot, Brisbane.
1 July 1946 discharged in Sydney. He died 25 October 1983
Pair: £50
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Sergeant A E Thompson
1st Infantry
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British War Medal SJT. A.E. THOMPSON 1ST INFANTRY.
Victory Medal SJT. A.E. THOMPSON 1ST INFANTRY.
Original boxes of issues. His service file was heavily weeded and contains very little information. A.E. Thompson enlisted 9 August 1914. Received the star in 1920 and the pair in 1923.
Group of Three: £125
Copy service papers. David Stephanus Smith was born in Heidelberg, Transvaal in 1894.
Enlisted 18 August 1914 in the 8th Infantry. Appears to have been discharged 9 November 1914. On page is written "1914/15 Star" and stamped "STAR dispatched 24/3/21." Enlisted in the South African Army Service Corps 3 September 1917. Next of kin: Mrs Elizabeth Anne Smith (mother), 16 Albert Buildings, Eloff Street, Johannesburg. A "Dispatch Rider". Went to Nyasaland 30 September 1917. Left Zomba for South Africa 20 December 1917. Discharged 8 April 1918 temporarily unfit for further service (suffering from malaria).
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Copy service papers. Henry Alexander Soames was a despatch rider with the South African Service Corps and later became a mechanic. Posted to Nyasaland 13 January 1917. Returned to South Africa 22 March 1918. Discharged 9 May 1919. Lived at 10 Bey Avenue, Bequidenhout Valley, Johannesburg.
Copy service papers. Frank Leslie Gray was born in Sidcup, Kent, England in 1879. He was a flour mill manager in East London when he enlisted in the South African Service Corps, 3 February 1917. Posted to "Mechanical Transport, Nyasaland."
Returned to South Africa 26 July 1918. He was discharged 17 August 1918 "on being recalled to civil employment by the Defence Dept, Pretoria."
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Sergeant Harry Ritchken
S.A.M.C.
Africa Star 8th Army 29314 H RITCHKEN
1939-45 War Medal 29314 H RITCHKEN
Africa Service Medal 29314 H RITCHKEN
Copy service papers. Harry Ritchken was born 6 October 1920. Religion: Jewish. Next of Kin is his mother, A. Rubenstein, 47 High Street, Berea, Johannesburg. Worked as a Chemist's Assistant ("Wrens Chemist", Johannesburg) and enlisted into 7th Field Ambulance, South African Medical Corps 20 May 1940. Attached to Rand Light Infantry in December 1940.
To Egypt March 1941 attached to the Cape Town Highlanders. Promoted Sergeant September 1941. Posted to 12 Field Ambulance May 1942. Returned to Durban January 1943. Discharged "surplus to service requirements" 23 February 1944.
Group of Four: £95
Staff-Sergeant Gordon Massey
S.A.M.C.
Africa Star 180384 G. MASSEY
Italy Star 180384 G. MASSEY
Defenec Medal 180384 G. MASSEY
1939-45 War Medal 180384 G. MASSEY
Africa Service Medal 180384 G. MASSEY
Copy service papers. Gordon Massey was born 18 January 1921 in Verenigning, South Africa and was already serving in the Special Service Battalion for two years when he volunteered 7 June 1940. Promoted T/S/Sgt. 1 October 1941. Attended hygiene courses. Transferred to South African Medical Corps 28 October 1941. Posted to Special Service Battalion Armoured Regiment and arrived Egypt 30 April 1943. Staff-Sergant 1 November 1943. Attended Hygiene chemical warfare course. 23 March 1944 went to Italy. Returned to South Africa 23 June 1945 and was discharged 15 September 1945. He was living at 9 Seventh Street, Springs, Transvaal when he claimed his medals.
Group of Six: £115
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Private J. Crosbie
Kimberley Regiment
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Copy medal roll confirms clasps. Crosbie must have joined the regiment after the siege of Kimberley was over. The Regiment was then formed into the Kimberley Mounted Corps and sent to join the relief of Mafeking. He took his discharge 1 July 1900. Note on Medal Roll "M.Clasps re-issued 1/12/1955"
Medal came in with group below and believed to be father and son.
Six men with the surname Crosbie served in various Kimberley units during the Boer War.
Sergeant Stanley Charles Crosbie
South African Air Force
1939-45 War Medal 100528 S.C. CROSBIE
South Africa Service Medal 100528 S.C. CROSBIE
With medal issue slip and copy service papers. Stanley Charles Crosbie was born in Brakpan, Transvaal 18 December 1910, son of J.S. Crosbie (a compound manager). He enlisted 26 November 1940, giving his occupation as "Mine Stores Assistant". He was posted to 5 Wing and went to Madagascar in May 1942. He was discharged as Acting-Sergeant, 23 November 1945.
Group of Three: £65
OR both lots £305
British War Medal PTE T.E. NEL. 5TH MTD BGE.
Victory Medal PTE T.E. NEL. 5TH MTD BGE.
Copy medal card. Theodore Ernest Nel served with the 3rd regiment, 5th Mounted Brigade. He served from 27 October 1914 to 9 June 1915, when he was discharged on 'completion of active service." His next-of-kin was listed as "P.O. Petrus Steyn, via Lindlay."
Trio: £125
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Africa Star M12768 J. SEPTEMBER £18 South African Forces.
1939-45 War Medal W158858 L.A. CURTIS £20
'W' indicates a female.