Orders, Decorations and Medals

Pair: Private A. C. Olley, New South Wales Contingent

Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, 1 clasp, Suakin 1885 (503 Pte. A. Olley, N.S.W. Infy.) fitted with silver ribbon buckle; Mayor of Sydney’s Medal for the Soudan 1885, silver, ‘Presented by the Citizens of Sydney. T. Playfair, Mayor, 1885’, named in reverse centre (A. C. Olley) very fine (2) £800-1000

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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16 officers and 517 other ranks served with the New South Wales Infantry as part of the N.S.W. Contingent in Egypt during the Suakin 1885 operations.

Albert Christopher Olley was born at Gawberton, South Australia, and was aged 26 when he enlisted for service with the New South Wales Contingent to the Soudan on 18 February 1885, his occupation being given as that of fireman. 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. Albert Olley died in Sydney in 1936. Sold with copy of medal roll entry and other research.