Orders, Decorations and Medals

Pair: Private William Smart, New South Wales Ambulance Corps

Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, 1 clasp, Suakin 1885 (28 Pte. W. Smart, N.S.W. Amb: Corps.); Khedive’s Star 1884-86 (28 Pte. W. Smart, N.S.W. Amb: Corps.) attractively named on reverse points of star, nearly extremely fine (2) £1000-1200

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Egypt and Sudan Medals 1882-1891 from the Collection of Jack Webb.

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3 officers and 32 other ranks served with the New South Wales Ambulance Corps as part of the N.S.W. Contingent in Egypt during the Suakin 1885 operations.

William Smart was baptised in Victoria on 15 May 1854, son of William and Katherine Smart. He enlisted for service with the Ambulance Corps of the New South Wales Infantry Contingent to the Soudan on 18 February 1885. He embarked at Sydney on 3 March 1885, per transport Iberia, and disembarked in the Soudan on 29 March. He was attached to the Guards Brigade from 2 April and marched to New Tamaai, where there was a brief action, Tofrik and back to Suakin. He was with the Camel Corps at Handoub for training from 16 April and embarked at Suakin on 18 May, arriving at Sydney on 12 June and to typhoid quarantine. He disembarked at Sydney on 23 June 1885 and was discharged. Sold with copy of medal roll entry and other research.