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Auction: 24003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 259

The Efficiency Medal awarded to Sergeant G. W. Clemetson, Federated Malay States Volunteer Force, who was taken a Prisoner of War on 15 February 1942 at the Fall of Singapore

Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., Malaya (7983 Sgt. George W. Clemetson. F.M.S.V.F.), light contact marks, very fine

George William Clemetson was born on 17 November 1908 at Maidstone, Kent. An electical engineer by trade, he served in the 1st Federated Malay States Volunteer Force during the Battle of Malaya. Serving alongside his brother Captain John Gouldin Clemetson, he was taken a Prisoner of War on 15 February 1942, being incarcerated in Changi and then transferring to Siam on the 'Death Railways', including at Chungkai. He was released on 2 September 1945 and returned back to Malaya in 1946. Clemetson died in Worcester in April 1989.

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Estimate
£280 to £320

Starting price
£220