A far travelled Australian Army 'Postie's' Pacific War 'New Guinea' campaign medal group of 5: Staff Sergeant Edward Stanley Lowther, 1st Australian Corps Postal, late 1st Australian Corps of Signals

- The 1939-1945 Star. No clasp (NX29226 E. S. Lowther)
- The Pacific Star. No clasp (NX29226 E. S. Lowther)
- Defence Medal (NX29226 E. S. Lowther)
- War Medal (NX29226 E. S. Lowther)
- Australia: Australia Service Medal (NX29226 E. S. Lowther)

The campaign medals are all officially impressed Australian issues

Recipients service papers: A full set of 27 x pages of service records, including photographic identity images for this recipient are held and accessible at the Australian National Archives, per below link (for copying and inserting in www search)

- https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Gallery151/dist/JGalleryViewer.aspx?B=4885346&S=3&N=8&R=0/SearchNRetrieve/NAAMedia/ShowImage.aspx?B=4885346&T=P&S=1

Edward Stanley Lowther, was born at Moonee Ponds, Victoria on, 19 October 1902. By trade a 'Clerk', he enlisted at Paddington, New South Wales on, 1 June 1940. Joining the 1st Australian Corps of Signals. Edward was attached to a reinforcement draft for overseas service in the Middle East, embarking from Australia on, 8 April 1941, subsequently disembarking at Suez on, 3 May 1941. On arrival in the Middle East, Edward was subsequently posted to 1 Corps Postal, a Line of Communication unit based in 'Palestine' (and being 'East of Suez' was NOT in an area eligible for award for The Africa Star - the group here offered being the recipients full and only medal entitlement). Promoted Corporal in 1941 he was further advanced Staff Sergeant on 15 January 1942. Edward re-embarked for return to Australia, on, 4 February 1942. In August 1942, he was promoted to Warrant Officer II. On 10 March 1944, he entered the Far East 'Pacific' Theatre of War, when he disembarked at Port Moresby, New Guinea. Appointed Warrant Officer II, Staff Sergeant Edward Stanley Lowther took his discharge from the Australian Army on, 26 September 1945

Scarce seen Australian Army group to a 'Postie'

Condition: GV

Code: 23823