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Auction: 16001 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 243

(x) Six: Squadron Leader G.T. Block, Royal Air Force
India General Service 1908-35, G.V.R., one clasp, North West Frontier 1930-31 (342563. Sgt. G.T. Block. R.A.F.); 1939-1945 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals, M.I.D. Oak Leaf; Royal Air Force Long Service & G.C., G.VI.R. (342563. F/Sgt. G.T. Block. R.A.F.), good very fine, together with the recipient's related miniature awards, with two different clasps on the IGS, supplied in Moss Bros, Covent Garden postal parcel, directed to 'S/Ldr G.T. Block, RAF Station, Brampton Hunts' (6)

M.I.D. London Gazette 14.6.1945 Acting Squadron Leader George Thomas Block, R.A.F. (44326)

Squadron Leader George Thomas Block, born Kentish Town, 13.11.1900; enlisted in the Royal Air Force, General Clerk, 9.8.1920; promoted Aircraftman First Class 1.11.1921; Corporal, 9.12.1922; Acting Sergeant, 1.7.1926; Flight Sergeant, 10.7.1936; Warrant Officer, 1.3.1939; Commissioned Flying Officer, 27.8.1940; promoted Flight Lieutenant, 30.2.1943; stationed at RAF Debden, Essex; Appointed Camp Commandant with the rank of Squadron Leader, 22.2.1943; died Ontario, Canada, 10.9.1964.

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