- 1914-15 Star (1409 Pte. A. J. Banner R.Scots.)- British War Medal (409 Pte. A. J. Banner R.Scots)- Victory Medal (1409 Pte. A. J. Banner. R.Scots)- Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (1409 Pte. A. J. Banner. R.Scots.)The Territorial Force Efficency Medal: The T.F.E.M. only is a re-named 'Self-Award' - his Great War Medal Index Card specifically sates not entitled to the Territorial Efficiency Medal with remarkQuote,'N.E. T.E.M. 11 Years 325 daysUnquote.Private Banner evidently felt short-changed that he was just shy of 40 days service from being 'officially' awarded a Territorial Efficiency Medal......Wounded-in-Action: Private Austin J. Banner of the Royal Scots is confirmed having been 'Wounded-in-Action' at Gallipoli. 'The Scotsman' newspaper issue of 1915 refers, with recipients service details and name published under a regimental casualty list of 4/Royal ScotsMedal Verification: Private Banner's entitlement to the the 1914-15 Star trio is confirmed per the respective Great War medal rolls of the Royal Scots, as referenced below:- 1914-15 Star: WO 329/2899. Disembarked 2b (for Gallipoli) 23/05/15, to ASC (became RASC in 1918) 13/12/16, disembodied 15/03/19- British War Medal: WO 329/2029. Shows ex 4/Royal Scots (T.F.) & later ASC regimental number M/279462- Interallied Victory Medal: WO 329/2029. Shows ex 4/Royal Scots (T.F.) & later ASC regimental number M/279462Rob-All-My-Comrades: Curiously, the recipient while convalescing in Malta Colony from his wounds receive at Gallipoli found the time to issue a plaintiff letter that was published in-full in the Daily Mata Chronicle that lends itself to the dreadful apocryphal nick-name given to the men of the Royal Army Medical Corps 'Rob-All-Comrades' by the British 'Tommy' during the Great War. The below following appeal was published under the heading 'The Wounded in Malta' in the Daily Malta Chronicle, issue of 11 August 1915:Quote,No. 1409 Pte A. J. Banner, F. Block, Ward 6, St. Andrew's Hospital, writes: 'Would the R.A.M.C. Orderly who took charge of a Smith & Wesson revolver from one of the wounded who arrived here on Wednesday July 14 kindly forward it to Pte. A.J. Banner c/o Post Office St. Andrew's HospitalUnquoteIt is not recorded what Private Banner's claim or involvement with a service revolver was, or whether it was ever recovered!Austin John Banner, son of , John Auld Banner, was a native of Edinburgh, Scotland, where he was born in 1895. Austin enlisted in the 4th (Queens Edinburgh Rifles) Royal Scots (Territorial Force) and served with 1/4th Royal Scots in the Gallipoli campaign, during which he was 'Wounded-in-Action' while fighting the Ottoman Turkish enemy forces. He transferred to the Army Service Corps on 13 December 1916, and was disembodied from the British Army on 15 March 1919. Austin Banner later died in Edinburgh, Scotland, sometime during 1970Condition: VF