QSA and 1914 Star bar group to 6158 Pte W J Madine Royal Irish Rifles / wounded September 1914

QSA; Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901 and South Africa 1902. Correctly impressed to 6158 Pte W J Madine RL Irish RIF

1914 Star correctly impressed  to 6158 Pte W J Madine R IR RIF ( original bar) 

Pair correctly impressed to 6158 Pte W J Madine R IR RIF

 

Swing mounted as worn. 

Condition = NVF ( contacting but naming isn't really affected, more the obverse and reverse of the medals)

 

 

William John Madine was born in Shankhill Belfast in 1881. He attested aged 19  on the 23rd of May 1900 at Belfast, he deserted on the 11th of July 1900 but must have quickly returned because he saw service during the Second Boer War. His QSA and bars are confirmed on the roll. 

 

Madine landed with the 2nd Bn Royal Irish Rifles as part of the   BEF on the 15th of August 1914. He is noted in articles on the British Newspaper Archives as having been wounded in September 1914 and possibly in November 1914. 

 

On the 4th of January 1918, he was transferred to the ASC and discharged on the 10th of April 1918 due to sickness.