The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
PUCKAPUNYAL, VIC. CIRCUS STUNTS PERFORMED BY MEMBERS OF A DESPATCH RIDER TROOP ARE NOT SPECIFICALLY FOR AMUSEMENT BUT DEMONSTRATE THE RIDING ABILITY OF THE MEN AS WELL AS THE ENDURING QUALITIES OF BOTH RIDERS AND THEIR MOTOR CYCLES. UNDER ACTUAL BATTLE CONDITION THEY ARE OFTEN CALLED UPON TO PERFORM STUNTS FAR MORE DANGEROUS THAN SUCH SET PIECES AS THIS IN ORDER TO GET THEIR MESSAGES THROUGH. (NEGATIVE BY BOTTOMLEY)
UNITED STATES ARMY DESPATCH RIDERS ARE TRAINED TO SHOOT THEIR WAY OUT OF TROUBLE AS DEMONSTRATED BY THE ACTION OF THIS MAN WHO, FROM FULL SPEED AHEAD, DISMOUNTS AND OPENS UP WITH HIS TOMMY-GUN WITHIN
Distinguished Conduct Medal (Ed VII). The original naming has been ground down and the edge engraved (in place of the normal impressed naming) with Gifford's details . Related to the service of Robe
Queen's South Africa Medal with campaign clasps for Belfast, Laing's Nek, Relief of Ladysmith, Orange Free State, Tugela Heights and Cape Colony. Impressed around edge with recipient's details. Rela
King's South Africa Medal with clasps for South Africa 1901 and South Africa 1902. Impressed around edge with recipient's details . Related to the service of Robert ‘Bob’ Cornelius Gifford, born 187
British War Medal 1914-20. Impressed around edge with recipient's details. Related to the service of Robert ‘Bob’ Cornelius Gifford, born 1872 at ‘Big Bombay’, Braidwood to Joseph and Pauline Giffor
Victory Medal. Impressed around edge with recipient's details. Related to the service of Robert ‘Bob’ Cornelius Gifford, born 1872 at ‘Big Bombay’, Braidwood to Joseph and Pauline Gifford, Scottish
