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Medal, decoration   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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MacKennal, Bertram
Title
Medal, decoration
Object type Classification: 273
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English: Distinguished Conduct Medal awarded for gallantry in the field to 12-257 Lieut. William Stanley Stichbury, Auckland Infantry Battalion, WW1 silver circular medal; 36mm diameter; ornate scroll suspension bar; with ribbon. obverse- King George V reverse- FOR - DISTINGUISHED - CONDUCT - IN THE FIELD ribbon- grosgrain ribbon; 32mm wide; dark crimson vertical stripes and 10mm wide navy vertical stripe in centre part of medal set with 1914-15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal
Date George V (1910 - 1936)-House of Windsor-English reign; 15 Nov 2001; World War 1, 1914-18-wars; 1914-1918; 20 Aug 2001; (1915-1918)
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length: 54mm

width: 30mm
institution QS:P195,Q758657
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2001.32.1
Place of creation United Kingdom; Gallipoli; France
Credit line Collection of Auckland War Memorial Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, 2001.32.1
Notes Distinguished Conduct Medal awarded to 12-257 Lieut. William Stanley Stichbury, DCM, Auckland Infantry Battalion, NZEF, WW1. William Stanley (Stan) Stichbury, of Epsom, Auckland, served in Gallipoli from 25 April 1915 until evacuation on 20 December 1915. He participated in the Battle of the Landing, Daisy Patch, Quinn’s Post, and in the advance on the Apex during the August offensive. His sketch map shows the Turkish and Anzac positions near the Apex, in August 1915, while the Range Card shows the direction and distance of objects from No 4 Post. Private Stichbury was promoted to Sergeant-Major and later commissioned as 2nd Lieutenant. While in France he was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal for conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty over the period June 1917-January 1918.
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