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From the collection of Dandenong/Cranbourne RSL Sub Branch

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Service Medals x 2. Dog Tags x 2. Peace 1919 Medals x 2. Return from Active Service Badge x 1. Returned Sailors & Soldiers Imperial League Badge x 1

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Historical information

Service Medals for War Service.

Medals Awarded to Phillip Wallace Fenner. Born Derby England. Enlisted 1st February 1916. Unit 6th Battalion 16th Reinforcement.

Rank of Private. Deceased on 15th May 1919.

Significance

Historical significance.

Physical description

1914 - 1918 British War Medal.

1914 1919 Victory Medal.

Metal dog tags.

1919 Children's Peace Medals.

Returned From Active Service Badge. 1914 - 1919.

Membership Returned Sailors & Soldiers Imperial League.

Inscriptions & markings

British War Medal - Obverse George V1. Reverse 1914 - 1919 image of Saint George on horseback.

Victory Medal - Obverse winged full length figure of Victoria. Reverse The Great War for Civilisation 1914 - 1919.

Dog Tags inscribed 5085. Fenner P.W. 6th Battalion A.I.F.

Return From Active Service Medal. Inscribed with Rising Sun over A.I.F. Issued by the Department of Defence.

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