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Auction: 20001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals - conducted behind closed doors
Lot: 1037

(x) Four: Temporary Lance Corporal G. P. Rundle, South African Forces

1939-45 Star; War Medal 1939-45; Africa Service Medal 1939-45, all officially impressed '33416 G. P. Rundle', together with an unnamed commemorative John Chard Rorkes Drift Medal, E.II.R., bronze, nearly very fine (4)

Gordon Phillip Rundle was born on 27 February 1920 and worked as an assistant sampler in Johannesburg. Disembarking at Port Suez on 21 June 1941 he served with No. 1 R.L.I. and was promoted Temporary Lance Corporal on 10 October 1942. Rundle was discharged on 25 June 1946 after forming part of the S.A. Victory Parade Contingent in the U.K.; sold with copied service record which notes his mother's address as Kapleigh Street, Johannesburg.

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Sold for
£30

Starting price
£20