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Auction: 18001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 588

(x) A good Second World War North Africa operations M.M. group of five awarded to Sergeant S. D. Harraway, King's Royal Rifle Corps, who was twice wounded

Military Medal, G.VI.R. (2031566 Sjt. S. D. Harraway, K.R.R.C.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, clasp, 8th Army; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, together with his original Desert Rat's embroidered uniform patch, good very fine (5)

M.M. London Gazette 3 November 1942. The original recommendation states:

'At Himeimat on the morning of 31 August 1942, this N.C.O. was No. 1 of a 6-pounder Anti-Tank gun. He was told to engage the enemy with two rounds only from the first position as it appeared and then that it was being outflanked. From his own observation, however, Sergeant Harraway saw that he could hold on for longer. He engaged the tanks for 10 minutes during which one tank was hit; the crew baled out. He only withdrew after his portee was hit and he himself wounded. He continued to command his gun for the next hour during which two further tanks were hit. Sergeant Harraway has set an outstanding example of initiative and courage in spite of being wounded.'

Stanley Donald Harraway joined the Royal Engineers (Territorials) in May 1933 and transferred to the Regular Army as a Rifleman in the King's Royal Rifle Corps in the following year. Initially posted to the 2nd Battalion, he transferred to the 1st Battalion in February 1936 and he was likewise employed at the time of winning his M.M. In addition to the wound he collected at Himeimat in August 1942, he was again wounded at el Nofilia, near Agheila, Libya on 17 December 1942. Harraway was subsequently embarked for the U.K. and he was discharged to the Army Reserve in March 1946. He died in July 1982.



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