WWI Australian Flying Corps Miniature Medal Group SGT. James Dudley Tassell MSM
WWI Australian Flying Corps Miniature Medal Group of Four, Sergeant James Dudley Tassell, MSM
A historically significant group of four First World War miniature medals associated with Sergeant James Dudley Tassell, service number 8223, of the Australian Flying Corps.
The miniatures represent the 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal and Royal Air Force Meritorious Service Medal. They are displayed with a named plaque identifying Sergeant James D. Tassell, MSM, Australian Flying Corps, and a detailed service history.
Provenance: From the J. and J. Edwards Collection. The group came from the same estate as the full size Tassell medal group previously sold by Noble. The full size medals were individually named to Tassell; these are miniature companion medals and are not individually named.
James Dudley Tassell enlisted at Ballarat in July 1915 and initially served with hospital reinforcements. He embarked for Egypt aboard HMAT Nestor in October 1915 and was posted to the 1st Light Horse Field Ambulance. In February 1916, he was hospitalised in Cairo with cerebro-spinal meningitis.
Selected for aviation service, Tassell joined No. 67 (Australian) Squadron of the Royal Flying Corps, later No. 1 Squadron of the Australian Flying Corps. He transferred to No. 68 Squadron AFC in late 1916 and served in Egypt, including at Alexandria. In April 1917, he was posted to No. 17 Reserve Squadron and then to the RFC in England.
Promoted to Corporal in September 1917, he returned to France with No. 68 Squadron AFC. He was promoted to Sergeant in May 1918 and later posted to No. 56 Squadron RAF. He returned to Australia aboard Kaiser-i-Hind in 1919 and was discharged in August.
On 3 June 1919, Sergeant Tassell was named in the London Gazette as a recipient of the RAF Meritorious Service Medal for distinguished service.
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