Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long Service Medal : Private W Davies, 2 New South Wales Infantry Regiment

Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long Service Medal. The recipient's number, rank, name and regiment are impressed on the edge. Obverse: The crowned and veiled head of Queen Victoria and the legend 'VICTORIA REGINA ET IMPERATRIX' around the circumference. Reverse: An elaborate rococo frame surmounted by a crown and enclosing the five-line text 'FOR LONG SERVICE IN THE COLONIAL AUXILIARY FORCES'. The medal is fitted with a straight bar swivelling suspender and a piece of plain dark green 32 mm ribbon.

Awarded to Private Walter Davies of the 2nd New South Wales Infantry Regiment on 12 July 1901 for 20 years service in the ranks. This medal is part of a collection assembled by the late Hon. Sir Thomas Hughes, Member of the Legislative Council of New South Wales. It was presented to the Memorial in memory of his son, Captain Roger Forrest Hughes, Australian Army Medical Corps, who died of wounds in France on 11 December 1916 and his grandson, Flying Officer Peter Roger Forrest Hughes, 12 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, who was killed on active service while flying in the Northern Territory on 3 October 1942.