Australia – OBE (Mil) MID x 2 Group of Seven to a Sqdn Ldr O’DEA(162 & 294 Sqdns)

Description

Description: OBE (Mil)/1939 – 45 Star/Africa Star + North Africa 1942-1943 Bar/Italy Star/Defence Medal/War Medal 1939 – 45 + MID & ASM 39-45. First four medals unnamed as issued. Last three medals named to 407048 C.G O’DEA

Condition: GVF

Comments: . Clyde Gladstone O’DEA. Medal group comes with a large quantity of ephemera. Served with 215, 582 & 7 Squadrons.

Enlisted RAAF 29th April 1940. Discharged 22nd November 1945.

Embarked for the Middle East 3rd February 1941.

OBE: London Gazette 2nd June 1943.

1st MID: London Gazette 11th June 1942

2nd MID: London Gazette 17th June 1943

Sold with research documents from Lieut Col Neil C Smith AM Retd. This research includes details of Operational flight hours.

Includes newspaper cuttings, approx 100 photographs (listing shows two photographs of O’DEA having a beer with Clive CALDWELL), photograph negatives, telegrams, letters, aerial photographs.