Four: Private G.E. Colk, 10th Light Horse Regiment, A.I.F., Late Australian Commonwealth Horse, Queen's South Africa, two clasps, Transvaal, South Africa 1902 (572 Pte., Aust. Com. H.), surname spelt, 'Calk'; 1914-15 Star (786 Pte., 10 L.H. Rgt. A.I.F.); British War and Victory Medals (786 Pte., 10 L.H.R. A.I.F.), good very fine or better, together with related A.N.Z.A.C. Plaque and Memorial Plaque, this latter re-engraved 'George Edwin Colk' (6)

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Four: Private G.E. Colk, 10th Light Horse Regiment, A.I.F., Late Australian Commonwealth Horse, Queen's South Africa, two clasps, Transvaal, South Africa 1902 (572 Pte., Aust. Com. H.), surname spelt, 'Calk'; 1914-15 Star (786 Pte., 10 L.H. Rgt. A.I.F.); British War and Victory Medals (786 Pte., 10 L.H.R. A.I.F.), good very fine or better, together with related A.N.Z.A.C. Plaque and Memorial Plaque, this latter re-engraved 'George Edwin Colk' (6)

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Sold with official communications reporting, confirming and regretting the death of the recipient at Gallipoli.

Private G.E. Colk died on 31.8.1915 of wounds received in the attack on Hill 60, Gallipoli on 29.8.1915. Lieutenant Throssall of his Regiment won a V.C. on the same occasion.