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Auction: 22001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 306

Three: Rifleman Gajbahadur Gurung, 2nd Gurkha Rifles

1939-45 Star; Pacific Star; War Medal 1939-45, all officially named '774. Rfn. Gajbahadur Gurung, 2-1 G.R.', good very fine (3)

Gajbahadur Gurung is listed in a Nominal Roll, compiled by a British officer of the 2nd Battalion following the Surrender, who later took it to Siam and buried it to avoid it being found by Japanese prison warders. Following the surrender of Japanese Forces in August 1945, the jar containing the Nominal Roll was discovered and eventually returned to the British officer, who had compiled it, in Rangoon. It was, at the time, the only information available as to the whereabouts of British and Gurkha officers and Gurkha Other Ranks of 2-1GR following the Surrender.

The 2nd Battalion 1st King George V's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment) (2-1GR) was one of three Gurkha battalions of 28 Indian Infantry Brigade that took part in the defence and withdrawal from Malaya and the eventual surrender of British, Indian and Australian Forces to the Japanese in February 1942.

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Sold for
£150

Starting price
£50

Sale 22001 Notices
Please note: the recipient served with the 1st Gurkha Rifles, not 2nd as stated in the description.