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Auction: 17003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 577

Four: Sepoy Bhag Singh, 16th Punjab Regiment, who was taken P.O.W. at Singapore and died in captivity

India General Service 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1936-37 (8510 Sepoy Bhag Singh, 3-16 Punjab R.); 1939-45 Star; Pacific Star; War Medal 1939-45, minor official correction to number on the first, good very fine (4)

Bhag Singh was serving as a Sepoy in the 3rd Battalion, 16th Punjab Regiment at the time of his capture at Singapore in December 1942. He died in captivity on 12 January 1945 and is buried in Rabaul (Bita Paka) War Cemetery, New Guinea. He was the son of Inder and Premi Singh of Sukh Daulat, Ludhiana and the husband of Nasib Kaur, also of Sukh Daulat.


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