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Auction: 21001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals (conducted behind closed doors)
Lot: 664

Four: P. W. Winn, 2nd Anti-Aircraft Regiment and General Service Corps

1939-45 Star; Africa Star (155860 P. W. Winn); War Medal 1939-45 (155860 P. W. Winn); Africa Service Medal 1939-45 (155860 P. W. Winn), pitting to first and second, very fine (4)

Peter Westgarth Winn was born in England on 3 July 1920. Employed as a Clerk prior to the outbreak of war, upon the outbreak of the conflict he was living in Sea Point, Cape Town. In 1940 Winn attested for the 1st Heavy Battery, 2nd Anti-Aircraft Regiment, South African Artillery and was with them in Abyssinia from March 1941 - September 1942 before moving to Egypt. Upon arrival he was transferred to the General Service Corps, which he served with until February 1945. During his service Winn struggled with malaria, and though he survived this (being 'demobbed' in 1945) he still suffered from its effects. Indeed, a year after his demobilisation he applied for assistance in medical treatment as a result of this illness; sold together with copied research and original documents including an identity card, discharge documents and a post-war photograph.

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£30