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Seven: Corporal H. W. Rackham, Royal Air Force, late Royal Navy 1939-45 Star; Africa...
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Seven: Corporal H. W. Rackham, Royal Air Force, late Royal Navy
1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, North Africa 1942-43; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Arabian Peninsula (4160440 S.A.C. H. W. Rackham. R.A.F.); General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Borneo (4160440 Cpl. H. W. Rackham. R.A.F.) mounted for wear, contact marks, nearly very fine and better (7) £160-£200
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Harry William Rackham, a labourer from East London, was born on 8 January 1923. He attested into the Royal Navy on 23 July 1941, for service during the Second War. Advanced Sick Berth Attendant on 3 December 1941, he served afloat in the Armed Merchant Cruiser H.M.S. Ausonia, R.F.A. Maine, a hospital ship in Alexandria, Egypt, and later at various establishments in the U.K. Released from service on 14 September 1946, with a superior efficiency rating, he later attested into the Royal Air Force on 29 October 1954 and served during the Arabian Peninsula and Borneo campaigns. Advanced Corporal, he was discharged as physically unfit on 11 May 1966. He died, aged 65, on 23 November 1988, in Canterbury, Kent.
Sold with the recipient’s original Blue Book Certificate of Service; parchment Certificate of Service; copied research and copied death certificate.
1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, North Africa 1942-43; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Arabian Peninsula (4160440 S.A.C. H. W. Rackham. R.A.F.); General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Borneo (4160440 Cpl. H. W. Rackham. R.A.F.) mounted for wear, contact marks, nearly very fine and better (7) £160-£200
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Harry William Rackham, a labourer from East London, was born on 8 January 1923. He attested into the Royal Navy on 23 July 1941, for service during the Second War. Advanced Sick Berth Attendant on 3 December 1941, he served afloat in the Armed Merchant Cruiser H.M.S. Ausonia, R.F.A. Maine, a hospital ship in Alexandria, Egypt, and later at various establishments in the U.K. Released from service on 14 September 1946, with a superior efficiency rating, he later attested into the Royal Air Force on 29 October 1954 and served during the Arabian Peninsula and Borneo campaigns. Advanced Corporal, he was discharged as physically unfit on 11 May 1966. He died, aged 65, on 23 November 1988, in Canterbury, Kent.
Sold with the recipient’s original Blue Book Certificate of Service; parchment Certificate of Service; copied research and copied death certificate.
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Seven: Corporal H. W. Rackham, Royal Air Force, late Royal Navy
1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, North Africa 1942-43; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Arabian Peninsula (4160440 S.A.C. H. W. Rackham. R.A.F.); General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Borneo (4160440 Cpl. H. W. Rackham. R.A.F.) mounted for wear, contact marks, nearly very fine and better (7) £160-£200
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Harry William Rackham, a labourer from East London, was born on 8 January 1923. He attested into the Royal Navy on 23 July 1941, for service during the Second War. Advanced Sick Berth Attendant on 3 December 1941, he served afloat in the Armed Merchant Cruiser H.M.S. Ausonia, R.F.A. Maine, a hospital ship in Alexandria, Egypt, and later at various establishments in the U.K. Released from service on 14 September 1946, with a superior efficiency rating, he later attested into the Royal Air Force on 29 October 1954 and served during the Arabian Peninsula and Borneo campaigns. Advanced Corporal, he was discharged as physically unfit on 11 May 1966. He died, aged 65, on 23 November 1988, in Canterbury, Kent.
Sold with the recipient’s original Blue Book Certificate of Service; parchment Certificate of Service; copied research and copied death certificate.
1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, North Africa 1942-43; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Arabian Peninsula (4160440 S.A.C. H. W. Rackham. R.A.F.); General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Borneo (4160440 Cpl. H. W. Rackham. R.A.F.) mounted for wear, contact marks, nearly very fine and better (7) £160-£200
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Harry William Rackham, a labourer from East London, was born on 8 January 1923. He attested into the Royal Navy on 23 July 1941, for service during the Second War. Advanced Sick Berth Attendant on 3 December 1941, he served afloat in the Armed Merchant Cruiser H.M.S. Ausonia, R.F.A. Maine, a hospital ship in Alexandria, Egypt, and later at various establishments in the U.K. Released from service on 14 September 1946, with a superior efficiency rating, he later attested into the Royal Air Force on 29 October 1954 and served during the Arabian Peninsula and Borneo campaigns. Advanced Corporal, he was discharged as physically unfit on 11 May 1966. He died, aged 65, on 23 November 1988, in Canterbury, Kent.
Sold with the recipient’s original Blue Book Certificate of Service; parchment Certificate of Service; copied research and copied death certificate.
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