Victory Medal with MID: Lieutenant H F Slocombe, AIF

Victory Medal with MID awarded to H F Slocombe. Impressed on edge with recipients details.

Herbert Frederick Slocombe was born on 4 February 1889. He enlisted on the 16 September 1914 and embarked from Melbourne on the 22 December 1914 with the rank of Sergeant on board HMAT Ceramic. He arrived in England with 301 Mechanical Transport Army Service Corps, 17 Division Ammunition Park. On 12 July 1915 he left Avonmouth, in England for Rouen on board SS Saga, arriving on 15 July. He served on the western Front and as a sergeant major, in July 1917, was awarded a Military Cross for his actions at a dump at Vlamertinghe, Belgium. He returned to Australia on 9 December 1918. During the Second World War he enlisted again on 2 April 1940, giving his date of birth as 7 February 1894. He served in Australia until 21 July 1941, when he was discharged.