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Auction: 16001 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 146

The O.B.E., Order of St. John Group of Eight to Dr. K.D. Young, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, Later Medical Officer, Health Department, Zanzibar, and Senior Medical Officer, Somaliland Protectorate
a) The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, 2nd type, Civil Division, Officer's (O.B.E.) breast Badge, silver-gilt, with Royal Mint case of issue
b) The Most Venerable Order of St. John, Officer's breast Badge, silver and enamel, lions and unicorns in angles
c) 1939-1945 Star
d) Atlantic Star
e) Africa Star, with North Africa 1942-43 Bar
f) Pacific Star
g) War Medal
h) Zanzibar, Sultanate, Order of the Brilliant Star, Officer's breast Badge, 65mm including wreath suspension x 42mm, gilt and enamel, with rosette on riband, gilding heavily rubbed on first and last, generally very fine or better, mounted court-style as worn, the Atlantic and Africa Stars mounted on each other's ribands, with the following related documents &c.:
- Bestowal Document for the O.B.E., named to Keith Digby Young, Esq., and dated 31.12.1960
- Copy of The Daily Telegraph containing the New Year's Honours List for the award of the O.B.E., dated 31.12.1960
- Five Passport photographs and two photographic images of the recipient (8)

O.B.E. London Gazette 31.12.1960 Keith Digby Young, Esq., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., Senior Medical Officer (Clinical) in the former Somaliland Protectorate.

Officer, Order of St. John London Gazette 27.6.1952 Dr. Keith Digby Young.

Zanzibar, Order of the Brilliant Star, 4th Class London Gazette 19.7.1955 Keith Digby Young, Esq., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., formerly Medical Officer, Health Department, Zanzibar
'In recognition of valuable services rendered.'

Dr. Keith Digby Young, O.B.E., (1916-2003); the son of Captain H.G.D. Young and Mrs. Annie Young; educated at Trinity Hall, Cambridge; Commissioned Surgeon Lieutenant, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, 28.3.1941, and served during the Second World War; after the War served as a Medical Officer with the Colonial Office in Zanzibar, 1946-51, and the Somaliland Protectorate, 1951-60; in both posts he was much involved in the fight against tuberculosis, then endemic throughout the area, and the impact of his policy of setting up isolation clinics throughout both the island and the protectorate was significant.

For the A.R.R.C. to Lady Superintendent Annie Young see Lot 136

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