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Auction: 26003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 98

(x) General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya (Major J. D. H. Terry. 16/5 L.), good very fine

John Douglas Hamilton Terry was born at Wallington, Surrey in 1920 and is confirmed as having served as a Lieutenant in the Reconnaissance Corps during the Second World War, being commissioned from the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry in February 1941. He thence joined one of the 'Vulgar Fractions', his unit the 16th/5th The Queen's Royal Lancers, being made Major in March 1954. Terry was retired in December 1958 and moved out to Mount Lawley, Western Australia. He died in Perth in March 1979 and is buried in Karrakatta.

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Estimate
£200 to £300

Starting price
£160