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Pair: Lance Corporal H. J. Becker, 2nd Regiment, South African Infantry British War and...
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Pair: Lance Corporal H. J. Becker, 2nd Regiment, South African Infantry
British War and Bilingual Victory Medals (L/Cpl. H. J. Becker. 2nd S.A.I.) traces of adhesive to reverse of both, very fine
Pair: Lance Corporal R. A. Porter, 2nd Regiment, South African Infantry
British War and Bilingual Victory Medals (L/Cpl. R. A. Porter. 2nd S.A.I.) traces of adhesive to reverse of both, very fine (4) £60-£80
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Hendrick Johannes Becker, a farmer, was born in Potchefstroom in 1893 and attested for the 2nd South African Infantry on 3 September 1915. Posted to France 21 April 1916, his service record states that he received a gunshot wound to the left arm on 16 July 1916, and another to the left shoulder in April 1917. He was later admitted to hospital from 26 August to 18 September 1918 suffering from ‘G.S.W. left arm flesh’.
Robert Allan Porter was born in Glasgow in 1889 and initially attested for the 1st South African Infantry at Germiston on 15 March 1917. Disembarked at Rouen with the 2nd Regiment on 26 June 1917, he is recorded as missing in action on 24 March 1918 during the opening stage of the German Spring Offensive. Confirmed at a Prisoner of War at Dulmen Camp, he was repatriated on 5 December 1918 and demobilised at Cape Town in April 1919.
Sold with copied service records for both recipients.
British War and Bilingual Victory Medals (L/Cpl. H. J. Becker. 2nd S.A.I.) traces of adhesive to reverse of both, very fine
Pair: Lance Corporal R. A. Porter, 2nd Regiment, South African Infantry
British War and Bilingual Victory Medals (L/Cpl. R. A. Porter. 2nd S.A.I.) traces of adhesive to reverse of both, very fine (4) £60-£80
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Hendrick Johannes Becker, a farmer, was born in Potchefstroom in 1893 and attested for the 2nd South African Infantry on 3 September 1915. Posted to France 21 April 1916, his service record states that he received a gunshot wound to the left arm on 16 July 1916, and another to the left shoulder in April 1917. He was later admitted to hospital from 26 August to 18 September 1918 suffering from ‘G.S.W. left arm flesh’.
Robert Allan Porter was born in Glasgow in 1889 and initially attested for the 1st South African Infantry at Germiston on 15 March 1917. Disembarked at Rouen with the 2nd Regiment on 26 June 1917, he is recorded as missing in action on 24 March 1918 during the opening stage of the German Spring Offensive. Confirmed at a Prisoner of War at Dulmen Camp, he was repatriated on 5 December 1918 and demobilised at Cape Town in April 1919.
Sold with copied service records for both recipients.
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Pair: Lance Corporal H. J. Becker, 2nd Regiment, South African Infantry
British War and Bilingual Victory Medals (L/Cpl. H. J. Becker. 2nd S.A.I.) traces of adhesive to reverse of both, very fine
Pair: Lance Corporal R. A. Porter, 2nd Regiment, South African Infantry
British War and Bilingual Victory Medals (L/Cpl. R. A. Porter. 2nd S.A.I.) traces of adhesive to reverse of both, very fine (4) £60-£80
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Hendrick Johannes Becker, a farmer, was born in Potchefstroom in 1893 and attested for the 2nd South African Infantry on 3 September 1915. Posted to France 21 April 1916, his service record states that he received a gunshot wound to the left arm on 16 July 1916, and another to the left shoulder in April 1917. He was later admitted to hospital from 26 August to 18 September 1918 suffering from ‘G.S.W. left arm flesh’.
Robert Allan Porter was born in Glasgow in 1889 and initially attested for the 1st South African Infantry at Germiston on 15 March 1917. Disembarked at Rouen with the 2nd Regiment on 26 June 1917, he is recorded as missing in action on 24 March 1918 during the opening stage of the German Spring Offensive. Confirmed at a Prisoner of War at Dulmen Camp, he was repatriated on 5 December 1918 and demobilised at Cape Town in April 1919.
Sold with copied service records for both recipients.
British War and Bilingual Victory Medals (L/Cpl. H. J. Becker. 2nd S.A.I.) traces of adhesive to reverse of both, very fine
Pair: Lance Corporal R. A. Porter, 2nd Regiment, South African Infantry
British War and Bilingual Victory Medals (L/Cpl. R. A. Porter. 2nd S.A.I.) traces of adhesive to reverse of both, very fine (4) £60-£80
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Hendrick Johannes Becker, a farmer, was born in Potchefstroom in 1893 and attested for the 2nd South African Infantry on 3 September 1915. Posted to France 21 April 1916, his service record states that he received a gunshot wound to the left arm on 16 July 1916, and another to the left shoulder in April 1917. He was later admitted to hospital from 26 August to 18 September 1918 suffering from ‘G.S.W. left arm flesh’.
Robert Allan Porter was born in Glasgow in 1889 and initially attested for the 1st South African Infantry at Germiston on 15 March 1917. Disembarked at Rouen with the 2nd Regiment on 26 June 1917, he is recorded as missing in action on 24 March 1918 during the opening stage of the German Spring Offensive. Confirmed at a Prisoner of War at Dulmen Camp, he was repatriated on 5 December 1918 and demobilised at Cape Town in April 1919.
Sold with copied service records for both recipients.
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