British War Medal 1914-20 : Lieutenant G S Wilkinson, RAF Accession Number: REL28659.002

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British War Medal 1914-20. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.

Contextual Description

804 Sergeant George Stanislaus Wilkinson served with G Company,2 Battalion AIF, and later with the Anzac Mounted Division in Palestine. He enlisted from Bingara, NSW, on 31 August 1914 and returned to Australia on 27 February 1917. Age on enlistment, 24; occupation, clerk. Although his return to Australia date is given, he did not in fact return but taken on strength, on 28 February 1917, in the Royal Flying Corps (later Royal air Force) as a member of the Special Reserve (ie colonial enlistments), where he became a pilot. He was commissioned as a lieutenant on 1 April 1918.

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Accession Number
REL28659.002
Maker
Unknown
Classification
Heraldry
Object Type
Medal
Physical Description
Material: Silver
Date Made
c 1920
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
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