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Auction: 24111 - Orders, Decorations and Medals - e-Auction
Lot: 1079

(x) Six: Staff Sergeant G.F.P. Viljoen, South African Medical Services Corps

South Africa Union Medal, E.II.R. (1096) officially impressed; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star with 8th Army clasp; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Africa Service Medal, all officially impressed '299073 G.F.P.Viljoen', very fine (6)

Gabriel Francois Petrus Viljoen was born on 18 February 1918 at De Doorns, Cape province and enlisted at Cape Town in the S.A.M.C. in April 1941. Viljoen was posted to the Hygiene Section at Zonder Water before being posted to the Middle East attached to the 1st Line of Communication Hygiene Section. From May 1942 until December 1943, he was attached to the 30th Road Construction Company S.A.E.C. remaining in the Middle East until August 1944 before being posted back to South Africa where he was discharged at Cape Town on 13 May 1946. He subsequently joined the South African Permanent Force until he resigned on 29 February 1964; sold together with copied service papers and his Union Medal application form.

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Sold for
£75

Starting price
£70