Military Medal : Bombardier F C Halksworth, 14 Royal Field Artillery

Military Medal (Geo V). The recipient's number, rank, name and regiment are impressed on the edge. Obverse: The bare headed bust of King George V in Field Marshall's uniform with the legend 'GEORGIVS V BRITT: OMN: REX ET IND: IMP:' around the circumference. Reverse: The crowned royal cypher above the inscription 'FOR BRAVERY IN THE FIELD' on four lines, enclosed in a wreath. The medal is fitted with a floreated swivelling suspender. A piece of 32 mm ribbon with broad dark blue edges flanking a central section of three narrow white and two narrow crimson stripes is attached to the suspender.

Awarded to Bombardier F C Halksworth, A Battery, 14th Royal Field Artillery for gallantry during the First World War. He enlisted at Liverpool, England and the Military Medal is recorded in the London Gazette of 19 November, 1917, page 11966. 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.