Six: Sergeant S. E. Calder, New Zealand Forces, a Gallipoli veteran who was severely wounded at Passchendaele in 1917

1914-15 Star (5/1206 A Pte. S. E. Calder, N.Z.E.F.); British War and Victory Medals (5/1206 A Pte. S. E. Calder, N.Z.E.F.); War Medal 1939-45; New Zealand War Service Medal 1939-45; New Zealand Territorial Service Medal, G.V.R. (Sgt. S. E. Calder, N.Z.T.S.), generally good very fine (6) £200-250

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals The Property of a Gentleman.

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Stewart Edmond Calder, who was born in Dunedin in November 1892, enlisted in the New Zealand Forces in October 1914, originally joining the 2nd Otago Infantry, and was embarked for Egypt at the end of the year, following which he was attached to No. 3 Company, Divisional Train, as a Driver, and witnessed active service in Gallipoli. Afterwards joining the strength of H.Q. Transport, in the Egyptian Expeditionary Force, he was re-embarked for France in April 1916, where he was severely wounded by a gunshot in the right side at Passchendaele on 15 October 1917, and evacuated to the U.K. via Australian and Canadian Casualty Clearance Stations. This appears to have marked the end of his active service and he was discharged back in New Zealand in April 1919, although in his capacity as a Territorial he was called up on the renewal of hostilities in September 1939, and served in New Zealand in assorted appointments until released in May 1944; sold with copied service record.