1914-15 Star (Burg. E. J. Coetzee. 14 DE O.B.S.) first initial corrected; British War Medal...

1914-15 Star (Burg. E. J. Coetzee. 14 DE O.B.S.) first initial corrected; British War Medal 1914-20 (2) (3559 Pte. T. W. Kerry. 51. Bn. A.I.F.; 3689 Pte. E. Ball. 52 Bn. A.I.F.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (2) (29608 Gnr. J. Stoney. 6-F.A.B. A.I.F.; 24956 B.Q.M.S. E. C. Hale. N.Z.E.F.) heavy edge bruising to the VM to Stoney, otherwise generally very fine (5) £160-£200 --- Thomas William Kerry served on the Western Front with the 51st Battalion, Australian Imperial Force, and was killed in action on 2 April 1917. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, France. Sold with an original postcard photograph of the recipient and a letter from Miss Vera Deakin of the Australian Red Cross Society to the recipient’s mother, dated 20 November 1917, confirming his death and offering a little more information: ‘We deeply regret to inform you that your son, 3559 Pte. T. W. Kerry, 51st Battalion, A.I.F., is now reported officially as Killed in Action on 2.4.17 and we have an unofficial report which confirms this sad news: No. 3619 Pte. G. W. Pinkerton, of the same unit, when in the 5th General Hospital, Portsmouth, stated that he was told by Pte. Binns, your son’s friend, that he had been killed at Ploegsteert near Messines on April 2nd, and he refers to Pte. Binns for further details. He describes your son as tall, and big and dark and about 30 years of age, as he was known as Tom... We have written to Pte. Binns for any further details.’ Edward Ball was born in 1885, the son of Mrs. Ann Jane Ball of 16 Preston Street, Bolton. He served on the Western Front with the 52nd Battalion, Australian Imperial Force, and was killed in action on 3 September 1916 during the Battle of the Somme. He is buried at Serre Road Cemetery No. 1, France. James Stoney was born in 1890, the son of James H. Stoney of 65 Higher Cambridge Street, Manchester. He served on the Western Front as a Gunner in the 6th Australian Field Artillery Brigade and was killed in action in Belgium on 1 October 1917 during the Battle of Passchendaele. He is buried at Birr Cross Roads Cemetery, Belgium. Eric Charles Hale was born in Wellington, New Zealand, around 1890, and served on the Western Front with the New Zealand Field Artillery Staff. He is later listed as suffering from pneumonia on 2 May 1918, by the Officer Commanding No. 2 Australian General Hospital at Wimereux.