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Second World War Australian Medal Information as issued to Sapper Kingsley Charles MOHR, WX26433

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Commonwealth of Australia

1945

Overview

One (1) small buff coloured piece of card with the Australian Coate of Arms at the top and ‘Commonwealth of Australia’ blow, followed by an inscription. One (1) small yellow paper item with an inscription.

Historical information

These items consist of medal information and were distributed by Army Medal Services at Victoria Barracks in Melbourne during the Second World War. During this conflict, Victoria Barracks was the administrative Head Quarters for all 3 branches of the Australian Military: Army, Navy and Airforce.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-12-2023.14.34.a&b

Item type

Documents

Themes

War and Conflict > World War 2

Material

Card

Paper

Width

71 mm

Height or length

53 mm

Depth

1 mm

Weight

1 g

Inscriptions and markings

Buff card “COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA / With the Compliments of / MINISTER OF STATE / FOR / THE ARMY”. Yellow paper “Any queries in connection with these / awards should be addressed to: / Army Medal Section, / Victoria Barracks, / MELBOURNE.”

Contextual information

These items accompanied a Military award sent to Sapper Kingsley Charles MOHR (WX26433), who enlisted at Guildford on 9 August 1941. A Sapper in the Australian Mechanical Equipment Company he spent 1495 days on Active Service in Australia and 625 days on Overseas Service from September 1943 – August 1944 and 10 March – 6 December 1945 before being discharged at Karrakatta in Western Australia on 24 January 1946. MOHR had lived in Denmark, Western Australia, before enlisting and returned there after the war.

Keywords

Second World War

Medal information

Place made

Victoria Barracks

Year

1945

Primary significance criteria

Scientific or research significance

Social or spiritual significance

Comparative significance criteria

Well provenanced