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Auction: 11010 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 189

India General Service 1895-1902, V.R., one clasp, Punjab Frontier 1897-98 (Lieut. and Qr. Mr. J.T. Johnson. 2. High: L.I.), suspension claw slightly loose, nearly extremely fine Estimate £ 250-300 Lieutenant John Thomas Johnson, born 1858; Commissioned Quartermaster and Honorary Lieutenant, Highland Light Infantry, December 1895; served with the 2nd Battalion on the the North West Frontier under Sir William Lockhart, 1897-98, and took part in the operations of the Malakand and Buner Field Forces and was present at the attack and capture of the Tanga Pass. Lieutenant Johnson died at St. Helier, Jersey, December 1903 due to a malignant disease of the liver.

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