Description: DCM Medal Gallantry WW1, Mulvihill, 53rd Battery, Canadian Field Artillery, CEFAn August 1918 D.C.M. awarded to Bombadier C. A. Mulvihill, 53rd Battery, 13th Brigade, Canadian Field ArtilleryDistinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (321867 A.Bmbr: C.A. Mulvihill. Can:F.A.), minor contact wear, very fineD.C.M. London Gazette 3 June 1919, the original citation states:'For devotion to duty near Parvillers on 14th August. After an attack the location of the line held was not known. He volunteered to accompany the infantry observer, and in two hours they handed in a report showing the front line.'Cornelius Anthony Mulvihill was born at Arnprior, Ontario on 4 November 1892, and was a student upon the outbreak of the Great War. Enlisting at Kingston on 21 March 1916 he entered the war in France on 21 August 1917 and joined 13th Brigade in the field. Taking a gunshot wound to the face the month after his act of gallantry, on 2 September 1915 Mulvihill was taken to 1 Canadian Casualty Clearing Station and thence to 26 General Hospital. He was discharged at Kingston on 21 March 1916.His service file is on-line for free at Library & Archives Canada.All items are unconditionally guaranteed as to authenticity. Any item may be returned for a refund if found to be incorrectly described. We are members of The Orders & Medals Research Society, (OMRS), The Orders & Medals Society of America (OMSA), The Military Collectors Club of Canada (MCC of C) & The Canadian Society of Medals & Military Insignia (CSMMI).
Price: 1950 CAD
Location: Calgary, Alberta
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Returns Accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Conflict: WW I (1914-18)
Theme: Militaria
Original/Reproduction: Original
Region of Origin: Great Britain
Country/Region of Manufacture: Canada
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