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Auction: 21001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals (conducted behind closed doors)
Lot: 576

Three: Private G. Morcom, Natal Light Horse and 2nd South African Infantry

1914-15 Star (Pte G. L. Morcom Ntl. Light Hse.); British War and bi-lingual Victory Medals (Pte G. L. Morcom 9th S.A.I.), contact marks, very fine (3)

George Luxford Morcom was born in Johannesburg in the late 1890s. Enlisted with the Natal Light Horse early in the First World War and took part in the German South West African Campaign. He was lightly wounded in action during confused fighting around Gibeon in which an entire squadron of his regiment were taken prisoner. Later joined the 1st Reserve Battalion South African Infantry on 1 December 1915. He suffered severely from Malaria, at one point on 23 October 1917 being temporarily discharged as medically unfit. However he reenlisted on 23 July 1918 listing two years service with the 9th South African Infantry as previous experience. Discharged in Cape Town on 11 July 1919; sold together with copied research.

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£80

Starting price
£20