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Auction: 18001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 365

The Korea War pair awarded to Gunner M. Banbury, 120th Battery, 61st Light Regiment, R.A., who died of wounds at 8055th MASH on 28 August 1952, having been hit by a shell splinter in the abdomen

Korea 1950-53 (22546434 Gnr. M. Banbury, R.A.); U.N. Korea 1950-54, good very fine (2)


Michael Banbury was born at Blaby, Leicestershire on 26 February 1930 and enlisted in the Royal Artillery in December 1950.

In Korea, he joined 120th Battery, 61st Light Regiment, R.A., in which capacity he would have manned a 4.2-inch mortar, a particularly effective weapon in hilly or mountainous country and well-suited to conditions in Korea.

On 13 August 1952, the 1st and 3rd Battalions of the Royal Australian Regiment commenced an active patrol programme to capture a Chinese prisoner, and Banbury and his unit acted in support. He and his comrades deployed their mortars in the open and were consequently exposed to counter-battery work from the Chinese. Banbury - and several of his fellow gunners - were wounded on the 27th, in his case by a shell splinter in the abdomen. He was evacuated to 8055th MASH where he died on the following day.

He was buried at the U.N. Military Cemetery, Tanggok, Korea on 2 September 1952, when the Rev. J. F. Lyall, Canadian Army, officiated; sold with copied research.


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