A well documented Gallipoli casualty 1914-1915 Star trio awarded to Private S.H. Harston, 1st Light Horse Regiment, Australian Imperial Force who served at Gallipoli and would suffer a bullet wound to his hand on 21st May 1915 which resulted in the amputation of his right thumb and his eventual discharge. Together with an extensive archive comprising numerous period newspaper articles, photographs and other ephemera covering his service.
Group of 3: 1914-1915 Star; (216 PTE. S.H. HARSTON. 1/.L.H. RGT. A.I.F.) British War Medal; (216 PTE. S.H. HARSTON. 1/L.H.RGT. A.I.F.) Victory Medal; (216 PTE. S.H. HARSTON. 1 L.H.R. A.I.F.)
Condition: Good Very Fine
Along with an extensive and fascinating archive comprising a large number of newspaper articles and photographs covering Harston’s war with numerous photographs in camp in Egypt and of the hospital in Malta in which he was sent after his wounding. There are also photos taken from newspaper articles and after the event of the beaches at Gallipoli. Numerous articles regarding the 1st Light Horse at Gallipoli. Official notifications of his sons wounding to Harston’s father.
Stanley Hubert Harston was born in Sydney, New South Wales and giving his trade as a Farmer attested on 27th August 1914 joining the 1st Light Horse Regiment of the Australian Imperial Force and would see service at Gallipoli suffering a bullet wound to his hand on 21st May 1915 which would result in the amputation of his right thumb. He would be admitted to hospital on 24th May 1915 and would later embark for England on 18th August 1915.
He would arrive in England on 26th August 1915 being admitted to hospital at Lewisham on 26th August 1915, then transferred to a hospital at Harefield, Middlesex on 8th September 1915, before embarking the ‘Suevic’ at Plymouth on 8th October 1915 en route for Australia. He would be discharged in Melbourne on 28th January 1916.
