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Auction: 23001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 57

The General Service Medal awarded to Trooper A. Herman, Royal Armoured Corps, attached 34th Amphibian Support Regiment, Royal Marines, successors to the Royal Marine Armoured Support Group

General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, S. E. Asia 1945-46 (14712101 Tpr. A. Herman. R.A.C.), very fine

Confirmed upon the Roll as attached to the 34th Amphibian Support Regiment, Royal Marines.

The 34th Amphibious Support Regiment was formed at Aldershot; on 12 April 1945 they embarked for India, arriving at Bombay on 8 May 1945, V.E. Day. Here they were trained in amphibious vehicles for landing in Malaya. Whilst in Malaya the Japanese capitulated, after the Atom Bombs were dropped on 6 August. On 10 December 1945, the Regiment, having travelled on Colossus, arrived in Jakarta.

The Regiment returned to India, arriving on Christmas Eve 1945, and were disbanded in 1948.

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