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Auction: 20001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals - conducted behind closed doors
Lot: 928

(x) Pair: Corporal D. J. McLead, South African Heavy Artillery
British War and bilingual Victory Medals (Cpl. D. J. McLead. S.A.H.A.), minor stain to obverse of second, otherwise good very fine (2)

Daniel Joseph McLead attested for the South African Heavy Artillery on 30 September 1915 and was posted to No. 73 Battery on 5 November 1915. Embarking for France on 17 October 1916, he was admitted to hospital on 19 July 1917 suffering from gas poisoning as a result of shellfire. Sent to Base Depot at Rouen and on to No. 18 General Hospital at Etaples, it took him over a month to recover before being sent back to the front. In March 1918 he returned to hospital at Harfleur suffering from a cyst to the floor of his mouth. This led to regular re-admittance before his final demobilisation at Maitland, South Africa, in May 1919; sold with copied service record.

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Sold for
£35

Starting price
£20