Single :QUEENS SOUTH AFRICA MEDAL 1899 three clasps " CC, SA 01, SA 02" Impressed 4853 Pte.J.G.Banes , 12th Lancers. Aus & NZ QSA 20 May 1916

20 May 1916

9th November 1915

This is a known group purchased from the family with a unnamed Defence medal and seems to comply with the Clive Johnson statement that up to 700 Defence medals were despatched in haste to predominantly QX numbers

“The fresh 18th Battalion went straight from the beach to Hill 60 and emerged with just 386 of its original 1000 men

Note: There is an unopened “Vocational Training” file in National Archives (1920)

Single :QUEENS SOUTH AFRICA MEDAL 1899 three clasps " CC, SA 01, SA 02" Impressed 4853 Pte.J.G.Banes , 12th Lancers. Aus & NZ QSA 20 May 1916Single : QUEENS SOUTH AFRICA MEDAL 1899 three clasps " CC, SA 01, SA 02" Impressed 4853 Pte. J. G. Banes , 12th Lancers. GD VF $425