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Auction: 19002 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 68

(x) India General Service 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1937-39 (6902 Sep. Amar Singh, 3-17 Dogra R.), very fine

Amar Singh served in Malaya during World War II with the 3rd Battalion, 17th Dogra Regiment, part of the 8th Indian Infantry Brigade. The Japanese invasion of Malaya began just after midnight (local time) on 8 December 1941, before the attack on Pearl Harbour, which took place about 50 minutes later. Singh's Regiment, commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel G. A. Preston, defended the Kota Bharu beaches as the Japanese landed. The 17th Dogras managed to sink a Japanese ship, inflicting some 800 casualties on the enemy before finally withdrawing. Many became prisoners of war. Singh is remembered on Column 275 of the Singapore Memorial, but has no known grave. He probably died as a prisoner of war.

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