A Great War M.M. group to Second Corporal James Edward Mobbs, M.M., 1st Tunnelling Company,

A Great War M.M. group to Second Corporal James Edward Mobbs, M.M., 1st Tunnelling Company, Australian Imperial Force: Military Medal, George V (3644 SPR: J. E. MOBBS. AUST: E.); British War Medal 1914-20 and Victory Medal (3644 2-CPL J. E. MOBBS. 1 TUN. COY A.I.F.); display mounted, extremely fine or nearly so [3]; offered with an AUSTRALIA brass shoulder title.

James Edward Mobbs was born in Canowindra, New South Wales, in 1887. In November 1915 he attested for overseas service at Holsworthy, N.S.W., aged 28 years and 11 months. He sailed for the UK in August 1916, and while stationed in Wareham he was penalised for being Absent Without Leave. He proceeded to France in May 1917 to serve in mining operations and was wounded in action later the same month. The enemy detonated a heavy mine causing a crater in No-Man's-Land and causing considerable damage to the Australian tunnels. James Mobbs was evacuated suffering from the carbon monoxide poisoning ("mine gas") caused by the explosion. He won the Military Medal for 'bravery in the field' (London Gazette 03/07/1919) and returned to Australia in July 1919.