MEDALS TO COMMONWEALTH FORCES


MEDALS TO CANADIANS

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MEDALS TO HONG KONG
General Service Medal Borneo    0.1622 LI KWAN. LDG. CK. R.N.   £220
From Hong Kong. Qualified for the medal as a Leading Cook on HMS Barrosa March 1964 to September 1965. HMS Barrosa was a Battle-class destroyer. In 1958 Barrosa was modified to become a radar picket. In 1963 Barrosa joined 26th Escort Squadron durting operations against pirates. The ship also carried out anti-infiltration patrols during the Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation.


MEDALS TO AUSTRALIANS



1939-45 War Medal          V9066 R.H. MASON    £25
Corporal Roland Hill Mason was from San Hill, Victoria and enlisted 11 November 1940. He was discharged 8 October 1945 while serving with Victoria Echelon and Records.



MEDALS TO NEW ZEALANDERS

 
General Service Medal (QEII) Malaya  2/10547. E. COUPE.  £155
Number suggest a member of the New Zealand Defence Forces.



MEDALS TO SOUTH AFRICANS
1914/15 Star             GNR. T.N. TURNBULL. C.G.A.
British War Medal   
  PTE. T.N. TURNBULL. C.G.A.
Victory Medal             PTE. T.N. TURNBULL. C.G.A.
Cape Garrison Artillery  (GM)
Trio: £60

British War Medal                                      PTE. E.C.C. HENNESSY. 9TH S.A.I.
Victory Medal (South African Reverse)        PTE. E.C.C. HENNESSY. 9TH S.A.I.
The 9th South African Infantry served in German East Africa.
Pair: £40


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1914-15 Star                 PTE D.S. SMITH 8TH INFANTRY.         £30
Copy service papers. David Stephanus Smith was born in Heidelberg, Transvaal in 1894.
Enlisted 18 August 1914 in the 8th Infantry. Appears to have been discharged 9 November 1914. On page is written "1914/15 Star" and stamped "STAR dispatched 24/3/21." Enlisted in the
South African Army Service Corps 3 September 1917.
Next of kin: Mrs Elizabeth Anne Smith (mother), 16 Albert Buildings, Eloff Street, Johannesburg. A "Dispatch Rider". Went to Nyasaland 30 September 1917. Left Zomba for South Africa 20 December 1917. Discharged 8 April 1918 temporarily unfit for further service (suffering from malaria).




South African Medal for War Service     £40 

1939-45 War Medal  N.11242 Z. MOGASE       £15

Defence Medal 
N.30558 I. NGWIRA              £20