THE LAURIE OSBORNE ESTATE MEDAL COLLECTION
Monday, 25 May - Monday, 8 June 2026
QSA with 1 clasp and WWI trio to New Zealand Veterinary Corps Trooper Edward May,
Realised: $940 plus premium
Lot Details
Edward May (14 Aug 1872 -) WWI 17/123 NZEF Tpr. NZVC, 2nd Reinforcements. Egypt, EEF and Western Front. Embarked 14 Dec 1914. Discharged - illness contracted on active service 28 June 1918. Lot comprises: (i) Queen's South Africa Medal with clasp for Orange Free State named to 2403 Tpr E. May S.A. Lt Horse (ii) WWI 14-15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal. The 2nd Reinforcements of the Veterinary Corps (NZVC) departed Wellington, for Suez in December 1914, carrying vital personnel and farriers to support the mounted rifles and artillery horses of the NZEF. Trooper May presumably served in one of the ‘Veterinary Sections’ - 115-man hospital units, one each for the infantry and the mounted rifles that in January 1916 were disbanded and absorbed into the two 'Mobile Veterinary Sections'. Since May served on the Western Front he was likely in the No. 1 New Zealand Mobile Veterinary Section that served with the New Zealand Division. Includes: AWWM printout and NZ Archives printout. Provenance: Laurie Osborne Collection
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