| THE VICTORIA CROSS AND CAMPAIGN MEDALS AWARDED TO CAPTAIN GEORGE INGRAM, AUSTRALIAN FORCES, HAS BEEN SOLD AT AUCTION. |
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| 27 May 2008 |
| The Victoria Cross, Military Medal, and campaign medals awarded to Captain George Ingram, 24th ( Victoria ) Bn, Australian Imperial Force, have been sold at auction by Sotheby's of Melbourne for an approximate hammer price of AUS$383,760 ( £187,200 ). The purchaser of the group remains unknown but has indicated that the George Ingram Victoria Cross will be given to the Australian War Memorial in Canberra.
On the 4th October 1918 the 24th Battalion had helped capture the Beaurevoir sector and it was expecting to rest, but it was hurriedly oganised to attack more strongly defended German positions. Early on the morning of 5th October the advance of the 24th Battalion began and it was not long before strong points and machine-gun nests were encountered. [ London Gazette, 6 January 1919 ], Montbrehain, France, 5 October 1918, Lieutenant George Mawby ( Morby ) Ingram, 24th ( Victoria ) Bn, Australian Imperial Force.
For most conspicuous bravery and initiative during the attack on Montbréhain, East of Peronne, on 5th October 1918.
George Ingram was invested with his Victoria Cross by King George V at Buckingham Palace on the 15th February 1919.
In April 1919 George Ingram returned to Melbourne and on his discharge became General Foreman with E.A. and Frank Watts Pty Ltd, building contractors. During WWII he served with the Royal Australian Engineers and attained the rank of Captain. George Ingram died on the 30th June 1961 at his home in Hastings and was buried in Frankston Cemetery. |
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Iain Stewart, 27 May 2008