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Auction: 18003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 426

(x) Three: Corporal J. A. Leishman, South African Heavy Artillery, late 2nd South African Horse

1914-15 Star (Pte. J. A. Leishman 2nd S.A.H.); British War and bi-lingual Victory Medals (Cpl. J. A. Leishman. S.A.H.A.), polished, nearly very fine (3)

James Allan Leishman joined 'D' Squadron of the 1st Mounted Brigade, 2nd South African Horse on 20 December 1915, giving his next-of-kin as his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Leishman of Musselburgh, Scotland. He served in East Africa before being posted to the Reserve Brigade of the S.A.H.A. on 27 November 1917. He next served with a variety of batteries of the South African Heavy Artillery on the Western Front in 1918, and, following a 7-day spell of leave in Paris, was finally discharged on 2 April 1919; sold with copied records of service.

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