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Auction: 23001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 180

Five: T. W. H. Trudgen, South African Merchant Navy, late South African Army and South African Air Force

1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Burma Star, officially impressed 'M.N. T. W. H. Trudgen.'; War Medal 1939-45; Africa Service Medal 1939-45, these all, bar the Burma Star, officially impressed 'T. W. H. Trudgen', mounted as worn, good very fine and the Burma Star rare with this prefix (5)

Thomas William Henry Trudgen was born on 28 October 1912 and was an electrical engineer by trade. During the Second World War he served with the South African Army, South African Air Force and their Merchant Navy, with whom he earned the Burma Star from May 1944 aboard the M.V. Luscmi. Discharged from the Merchant Navy in March 1946, his Medals were sent to him in March 1954; sold together with copied Service Record.

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Sold for
£110

Starting price
£70