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Auction: 15003 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 63

Militia Long Service & G.C., E.VII.R. (5851 Pte. D. Barnes. 3/A. & S. Hdrs.), edge bruise, very fine

5851 Private David Barnes, born Dumbarton, 1869; enlisted in the 3rd (Militia) Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, November 1893; served with the Regiment in South Africa during the Boer War (entitled to the Queen's South Africa Medal with clasps for Cape Colony, Orange Free State, and Transvaal; and the King's South Africa Medal with two clasps); promoted Corporal, 1.8.1904; discharged, 9.11.1907; re-enlisted, 15.1.1908; discharged, 14.1.1912, after 18 years' service; awarded Militia L.S. & G.C. by Army Order February 1913.

3 Medals awarded to the 3rd Battalion Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

Provenance: Spink, July 1950.

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