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Auction: 17002 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 114

An emotive General Service Medal awarded to Private A. Burnett, 2nd Battalion, Highland Light Infantry, who was twice wounded during the Second War, on the latter occasion during the fall of Tobruk in June 1942: he subsequently died of his wounds whilst a P.O.W., aged 20

General Service Medal 1908-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (3314059 Pte. A. Burnett H. L. I.), minor official correction to surname, good very fine

Alfred Burnett was born in Glasgow in 1922. Serving with the 2nd Battalion during the Second World War, he was wounded in action on 19 March 1941 during the Battle of Keren in the hills of Italian Eritrea. Tasked with taking Fort Dologorodoc in the days prior, the 2nd Battalion suffered heavy artillery, mortar and machine-gun fire from the Italian forces, consolidating their attack upon 'Cameron Ridge' before being withdrawn on the date of the wounds suffered by Burnett. Following his recovery, he was wounded again on 28 June 1942 during the fall of Tobruk and subsequently posted missing. As stated, he died of his wounds in captivity on 26 October 1942, and is buried in the Ancona Cemetery, Italy.

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