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Auction: 17002 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 231

Five: attributed to Private T. H. Bird, New Zealand Military Forces, who was killed in action in Crete in May 1941

1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; New Zealand Service Medal 1939-45, all privately engraved '10293 Pte. T. H. Bird', good very fine (5)

Thomas Henry Bird was born on in Lyttelton on 18 November 1918 and enlisted in the New Zealand Military Forces in January 1940. Drafted to the 23rd Battalion, he was embarked for the U.K. and thence, in March 1941, for Egypt. His battalion was subsequently allocated to the defence of Crete, where he was killed in action at Maleme on 20 May 1941. His mother claimed his New Zealand Memorial Cross in December 1947; sold with copied service record, including verification for the above campaign awards.



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£120