Orders, Decorations & Medals - Australian Groups
Lot 4437 SESSION 18 (11.30AM FRIDAY 1ST AUGUST) Orders, Decorations & Medals - Australian Groups
Estimate $1,500
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $900
GROUP OF FIVE TO DIED WHILE POW: 1939-45 Star; Pacific Star; Defence Medal 1939-45; War Medal 1939-45; Australian Service Medal 1939-45. First two medals unnamed, QX9868 R.P.King on last three medals. The named medals impressed. Display mounted, toned extremely fine.
Rowland Philip King, shipping clerk, born 25Jan1910 at Brisbane, Qld; Enl.24Jun1940 at Kelvin Grove, Qld; TOS 2/10 Fd Rgt 16Jul1940; Emb.02Feb1941 to Singapore; to 10 AGH with tonsillitis 13Jun1941; POW 15Feb1942; died while a POW at Anganan POW Camp in Burma 08Feb1944 while posted as Bombardier to 2/10 Fld Rgt; buried at Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, Myanmar (Burma).
With copy of Service File and other research.
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