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Auction: 20001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals - conducted behind closed doors
Lot: 874

Three: Pte. H. Bain, 2nd Rhodesia Regiment

1914-15 Star (592 Pte. H. Bain, 2-Rhodesia Regt.); British War and Victory Medals (592 Pte. H. Bain. 2-Rhodesia Regt.), good very fine (3)

Herbert Bain was born at Salisbury, Rhodesia in 1893, the fourth son of Alexander Stewart Bain, who is listed in his Death Notice of 1931 as a 'Transport Rider and Farmer'. Interestingly Alexander appears to have served as a Trooper during the Matabele Wars (British South Africa Company Medal & clasp).

Educated at Prince Edward School from 1905-10 after which he attested for the Southern Rhodesia Volunteers (Eastern Division), being assigned to the Cyclists' Troop of 'A' Squadron. Resigning two years later, he swiftly re-enlisted in November 1914.
He appears to have seen service in British East Africa as, on 11 June 1917, he was discharged 'No longer physically fit for war service' with his character assessed as 'Very Good'; sold together with a small file of copied research, including MIC and two copy photographs: one of the Bain family and another annotated 'Herbert Bain in East Africa, 1914' to reverse.

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Sold for
£420

Starting price
£40