WW1 Royal Australian Navy medal group to Able Seaman R. Currie, whose wartime service included ships H. Post war served in the Black Sea supporting the White Russian Forces. 1914 15 Star, impressed named O. British War Medal impressed named 2714 R. Victory medal, impressed named 2714 ROBERT CURRIE. Swing mounted for display. Comes with copy service papers. Robert Currie was born in Melbourne on the 7/11/1894. A small man (54 tall), he joined the Royal Australian Navy on the 26/2/1913 and was given the service number 2714. At the outbreak of the war, he was serving on H. Melbourne on which he served from the 23/4/1913 1/2/1916. The Melbourne landed a naval party on Nauru Island to carry out the destruction of the wireless station 9/9/1914. Posted to the London Depot 2/2/16 23/6/16 then to H. He served the remainder of the war on H. Between December 1918 and January 1919, the Brisbane sailed through the Dardanelles to the Sea of Marmara, and into the Black Sea as part of British force that operated off Sebastopol and Smyrna (a show of force to support White Russian forces engaged in fighting the Bolsheviks). 8/9/1919 posted to H. 15/1/1920 posted to H. Cerberus and discharged 2/2/1920. We list militaria and coins weekly. We provide quality mounted medals, badges and historical research. We can mount your miniature or full size medals, ribbon bars or supply replacement ribbons or badges. We can also conduct military research on your behalf and value cherished objects with a current market or insured value. We run two specialist military auctions per year. Items are accurately described & photographed. Additional costs for this standard service will be added for this service based on publicly available Australia Post rates. Please note, these items are located and will be posted from Australia. We appreciate fair feedback from you once you receive the item. We aim to give you, the customer our best customer service. The item “WW1 & RUSSIA AUSTRALIAN NAVY MEDALS 2714 CURRIE HMAS MELBOURNE & BRISBANE” is in sale since Wednesday, August 18, 2021. This item is in the category “Collectables\Militaria\1914 – 1918 (WWI)”. The seller is “jb_military_antiques_14″ and is located in 2/135 Russell St, Morley, Perth, WA. This item can be shipped worldwide.
- Modified Item: No
- Campaign: World War I
- Theme: Militaria
- Product Type: Medals
- Original/Reproduction: Original
- Era: 1910s
- Country: Australia