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Auction: 24111 - Orders, Decorations and Medals - e-Auction
Lot: 79

(x) Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, no clasp (272 Pte. J. Fallon. 2/Durh: L.I.), suspension refixed, some contact marks, very fine

John Fallon was born in Co. Tipperary. A Collier by occupation and a member of the 3rd Battalion East Lancashire Regiment, he attested for full-time service in the Army at Burnley on 25 November 1881, aged 19 years. Posted to the Durham Light Infantry, he served overseas in the Mediterranean, August 1882-February 1885 and Egypt, February 1885-January 1887, seeing action at the battle of Ginnis on 30 December 1885. Fallon was discharged at Newcastle on 24 November 1893 having completed his period of service; sold together with copied research.

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