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Auction: 22133 - Orders, Decorations and Medals - e-Auction
Lot: 975

Four; attributed to Able Seaman S. G. Harding, Royal Navy, died on Celebes on 16 April 1945, having been taken a Prisoner of War when H.M.S. Encounter was sunk in February 1942

1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Pacific Star; War Medal 1939-45, good very fine (4)

Sydney George Harding was born on 16 April 1918 at Woolwich and was serving as a Gunlayer aboard Encounter from 18 July 1941. He was taken a Prisoner of War following her sinking in the Java Sea and died of dysentery on 16 April 1945, being buried in the Ambon War Cemetery; sold together with copied researching including a photograph.

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£85

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£20