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Auction: 22133 - Orders, Decorations and Medals - e-Auction
Lot: 979

Four: Sapper R. M. W. Black, 13th Field Company, South African Engineers, who was twice wounded in action

1939-45 Star; Africa Star, clasp, 8th Army; War and Africa Service Medals 1939-45, all officially impressed '191072 R. M. M. Black', good very fine (4)

Robert Malcolm William Black was born on 3 November 1916, a bricklayer by trade who lived at Doornfontein, Johannesburg. He had served some four years in the Transvaal Scottish upon his enlisting in December 1940 and joined the South African Engineers. Serving with the 13th Field Company he was firstly wounded in action at Tobruk on 5 June 1942, when a wound to the left hand went septic. Sent to No. 106 Hospital, he returned to his unit and was severely wounded at Sirte on 29 December 1942, when shrapnel broke his left leg. Sent to No. 5 Hospital, he thence went onto Roberts Heights for further treatment. He was discharged as a result of these wounds on 18 August 1943; sold together with copied Service Record.

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£45

Starting price
£30