An Australian seafarers Great War campaign medal pair: Fireman George Edward Fenwick, Australian Mercantile Marine

- British War Medal. Silver issue (G. E. Fenwick. Australia. 578.)
- Mercantile Marine War Medal (G. E. Fenwick. Australia. 578.)

George Edward Fenwick was born on 24 November 1885 at Glanville, Port Adelaide, South Australia the son of William Edward and Annie Fenwick. George was a long serving 'Seafarer', and the Australian Electoral Registers from as early as 1912 through to 1931, show George variously resident in the South Melbourne (Melbourne Ports), where from 1912, he is shown frequently recorded as a 'Fireman' (his 3 x brothers were also recorded as seafarer 'Firemen' in 1913, and all were ). From 1924-1931, he is then described as 'Seaman', and thereafter as 'Wireman' (an Electricians assistant). George Fenwick survived the Great War, and is recorded as having died at Albert Park, Victoria on 28 December 1972

Note: A 'Fireman' was a common rating used in the Merchant Fleets of the British Empire, and Dominions, to describe ratings of the 'Engineering Departments' aboard steam ships, whose occupation was to tend the fire for the running of a boiler, heating a building, or powering a steam engine. In the Royal Navy the comparable rating was 'Stoker'

Sold together with a hard-copy photostat of the recipients respective Medal Index Card

The medals mounted in the court-style. The reverse of the mounting pin retaining the original long hinged pin and clasp fittings

Condition: About GVF

Code: 21410