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Auction: 18003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 533

(x) Four: Sergeant M. G. Oosthuizen, Natal Mounted Rifles

1939-45 Star; Africa Star, clasp, 8th Army; War Medal 1939-45; Africa Service Medal, all officially named '243082 M. G. Oosthuizen', good fine or better (4)

Martin Gerald Oosthuizen was born on 13 December 1908 at Ngcobo, Eastern Cape, South Africa. He attested at Lussikisiki (Pondoland) on 18 April 1940 and was posted to the 2nd N.M.R. at Maritzburg. Embarking at Durban on 30 November 1941, he served in the Middle East with the N.M.R., was transferred to the 1st Anti-Tank Regiment, S.A.A., and saw out his war with the 3rd Reserve Heavy Artillery. Discharged in 1945, he returned home to his wife, Susie Gweldoline Oosthuizen, two children, and his civilian employment as an operator of a stone compressor; sold with copied service papers.

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