THE PURCHASER OF THE T / CORPORAL LAWRENCE WEATHERS' VICTORIA CROSS AT THE NOBLE NUMISTATICS AUCTION HAS NOW DONATED THE VC TO THE AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL. |
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21 October 2016 |
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Medal entitlement of T / Corporal Lawrence Weathers, 43rd Bn, Australian Imperial Force
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The person who purchased the Lawrence Weathers' Victoria Cross at the Noble Numistatic auction on the 8th April 2016 has donated the VC to the Australian War Memorial where it will go on display in the Hall of Valour. The purchaser of the Victoria Cross wishes to remain anonymous. |
THE VICTORIA CROSS AWARDED TO T / CORPORAL LAWRENCE WEATHERS, 43RD BN, AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE HAS BEEN SOLD AT AUCTION BY NOBLE NUMISTATICS OF SYDNEY. |
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8 April 2016 |
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Medal entitlement of T / Corporal Lawrence Weathers, 43rd Bn, Australian Imperial Force
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The Victoria Cross, on its own without the two campaign medals, awarded to T / Corporal Lawrence Weathers, 43rd Bn, Australian Imperial Force, has been sold at auction by Noble Numismatics of Sydney. The sale took place at the Dixson Room in the State Library of New South Wales on Friday, 8th April 2016. The estimated sale price was AUS$500,000 ( £263,000 ). The Lawrence Weathers' Victoria Cross realised a sale hammer price of AUS$500,000 ( £268,000 ). The identity of the purchaser has not been revealed.For the award of the Victoria Cross [ London Gazette, 26 December 1918 ], north of Perrone, France, 2 September 1918, Lance Corporal ( T / Corporal ) Lawrence Carthage Weathers, 43rd Bn, Australian Imperial Force.
For most conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty on the 2nd September 1918, north of Peronne, when with an advanced bombing party.
Lawrence Weathers' Victoria Cross was presented to his widow, Annie Elizabeth Weathers, by General Sir William Birdwood in Adelaide on the 6th March 1920.
Lawrence Weathers was killed in action on the 29 September 1918, north east of Perrone and was buried in the Unicorn Cemetery, Vendhuille, France. |
Iain Stewart, 4 November 2016