WW1 War Medal naming question

[Garth Thompson]

I just got a US Coast Guard 1928-WW2 medal group and part of it is a British War Medal to the same man as the US Coast Guard Good Conduct. My question is what does the naming mean 4670 ER/2/Cpl J.G.Martin PROV.CPS.A.I.F. Obviously 4670 is his serial number and J.G.Martin is his name but what does the rest mean.
TIA,
Garth

[Jack Dutton-Roberts]

Provost Corps Australian Imperial Force

ER/2/Cpl= E xtra R egimental - when someone is posted to a unit that excess numbers of certain rank in - in this case Corporal

Thanks
Jack

[AB64]

His 24 page record is available at the National Archives of Australia - from the first page he was from Glasgow, and had served in the Canadian Militia before he joined the AIF - he seems to have got about a bit.

Alistair

[A H]

In chance of a picture of the group

[peter monahan]

"PROV.CPS.A.I.F." probably means 'Provost Corps' [military police], A.I.F.

[Garth Thompson]

His 24 page record is available at the National Archives of Australia - from the first page he was from Glasgow, and had served in the Canadian Militia before he joined the AIF - he seems to have got about a bit.

Alistair

Alistair,
Could you post a link to his records at the archive?
Thanks,
Garth

[Garth Thompson]

In chance of a picture of the group

Adam,
Here are some pictures
#1 the whole group with the USCG shooting medals and the American Defence Medal with USCG SEA bar. There must be a WW1 Victory Medal kicking around somewhere. The seller didn't have it.

[Garth Thompson]

The US Coast Guard Good Conduct, the naming style was used by the USCG through the 1930's. The subsequent award bars have the unit or ship name on the obverse and the date of award on the reverse.

[Garth Thompson]

Rim naming on the War Medal

[Garth Thompson]

Mr Martin ended his Coast Guard career as a Warrant Officer Carpenters Mate.
Thanks for the all the replies.
Garth

[MH184]

Hi Garth,


I think the 2CPL, denotes that his rank was a Second Corporal. Hence, he would have worn a single chevron as indeed a Lance Corporal; however, being a Second Corporal it gave him full Non-Commissioned Officer status, opposed to an ''appointment'', as such.

The same difference as a Lance Bombardier.


Regards,

Marcus

[Garth Thompson]

Here are a couple of documents from his Australian file that tie the War Medal to his Coast Guard medals. The Victory is missing location unknown.
Garth