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Pair: Corporal C. G. Bock, 2nd Regiment, South African Infantry British War Medal 1914-20...
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Pair: Corporal C. G. Bock, 2nd Regiment, South African Infantry
British War Medal 1914-20 (Cpl. C. G. Bock. 2nd. S.A.I.); Bilingual Victory 1914-19 (L/Cpl. C. G. Bock. 2nd S.A.I.) traces of adhesive to reverse of both, very fine
Pair: Acting Sergeant M. F. M. Smith, 2nd Regiment, South African Infantry
British War Medal 1914-20 (A/Sjt. M. F. M. Smith. 2nd S.A.I.); Bilingual Victory 1914-19 (L/Cpl. M. F. M. Smith. 2nd S.A.I.) traces of adhesive to reverse of both, very fine (4) £60-£80
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Conrad Gustav Bock was born in King William’s Town, Eastern Cape Province, in 1893, and attested for the 2nd South African Infantry at Potchefstroom on 20 August 1915. He was admitted to hospital at St. Omer on 24 September 1916 suffering from a contusion to the ankle, and was later appointed on 1 December 1916 as ‘Haircutter to Headquarters’. Promoted Corporal on 1 January 1919, he was discharged at Maitland a few months later.
Morris Frederick Marshall Smith was born in St. Mary’s Cray, Kent, in 1883, the son of Mary Smith of Ridge House, Honiton. He attested for the 2nd South African Infantry at Potchefstroom on 2 January 1917, and was wounded in action at Ypres on 20 September 1917. Admitted to the 1st Canadian General Hospital suffering from a gunshot wound to the chest, he was discharged as permanently unfit for further military service in April 1918.
Sold with copied service records for both recipients.
British War Medal 1914-20 (Cpl. C. G. Bock. 2nd. S.A.I.); Bilingual Victory 1914-19 (L/Cpl. C. G. Bock. 2nd S.A.I.) traces of adhesive to reverse of both, very fine
Pair: Acting Sergeant M. F. M. Smith, 2nd Regiment, South African Infantry
British War Medal 1914-20 (A/Sjt. M. F. M. Smith. 2nd S.A.I.); Bilingual Victory 1914-19 (L/Cpl. M. F. M. Smith. 2nd S.A.I.) traces of adhesive to reverse of both, very fine (4) £60-£80
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Conrad Gustav Bock was born in King William’s Town, Eastern Cape Province, in 1893, and attested for the 2nd South African Infantry at Potchefstroom on 20 August 1915. He was admitted to hospital at St. Omer on 24 September 1916 suffering from a contusion to the ankle, and was later appointed on 1 December 1916 as ‘Haircutter to Headquarters’. Promoted Corporal on 1 January 1919, he was discharged at Maitland a few months later.
Morris Frederick Marshall Smith was born in St. Mary’s Cray, Kent, in 1883, the son of Mary Smith of Ridge House, Honiton. He attested for the 2nd South African Infantry at Potchefstroom on 2 January 1917, and was wounded in action at Ypres on 20 September 1917. Admitted to the 1st Canadian General Hospital suffering from a gunshot wound to the chest, he was discharged as permanently unfit for further military service in April 1918.
Sold with copied service records for both recipients.
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Pair: Corporal C. G. Bock, 2nd Regiment, South African Infantry
British War Medal 1914-20 (Cpl. C. G. Bock. 2nd. S.A.I.); Bilingual Victory 1914-19 (L/Cpl. C. G. Bock. 2nd S.A.I.) traces of adhesive to reverse of both, very fine
Pair: Acting Sergeant M. F. M. Smith, 2nd Regiment, South African Infantry
British War Medal 1914-20 (A/Sjt. M. F. M. Smith. 2nd S.A.I.); Bilingual Victory 1914-19 (L/Cpl. M. F. M. Smith. 2nd S.A.I.) traces of adhesive to reverse of both, very fine (4) £60-£80
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Conrad Gustav Bock was born in King William’s Town, Eastern Cape Province, in 1893, and attested for the 2nd South African Infantry at Potchefstroom on 20 August 1915. He was admitted to hospital at St. Omer on 24 September 1916 suffering from a contusion to the ankle, and was later appointed on 1 December 1916 as ‘Haircutter to Headquarters’. Promoted Corporal on 1 January 1919, he was discharged at Maitland a few months later.
Morris Frederick Marshall Smith was born in St. Mary’s Cray, Kent, in 1883, the son of Mary Smith of Ridge House, Honiton. He attested for the 2nd South African Infantry at Potchefstroom on 2 January 1917, and was wounded in action at Ypres on 20 September 1917. Admitted to the 1st Canadian General Hospital suffering from a gunshot wound to the chest, he was discharged as permanently unfit for further military service in April 1918.
Sold with copied service records for both recipients.
British War Medal 1914-20 (Cpl. C. G. Bock. 2nd. S.A.I.); Bilingual Victory 1914-19 (L/Cpl. C. G. Bock. 2nd S.A.I.) traces of adhesive to reverse of both, very fine
Pair: Acting Sergeant M. F. M. Smith, 2nd Regiment, South African Infantry
British War Medal 1914-20 (A/Sjt. M. F. M. Smith. 2nd S.A.I.); Bilingual Victory 1914-19 (L/Cpl. M. F. M. Smith. 2nd S.A.I.) traces of adhesive to reverse of both, very fine (4) £60-£80
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Conrad Gustav Bock was born in King William’s Town, Eastern Cape Province, in 1893, and attested for the 2nd South African Infantry at Potchefstroom on 20 August 1915. He was admitted to hospital at St. Omer on 24 September 1916 suffering from a contusion to the ankle, and was later appointed on 1 December 1916 as ‘Haircutter to Headquarters’. Promoted Corporal on 1 January 1919, he was discharged at Maitland a few months later.
Morris Frederick Marshall Smith was born in St. Mary’s Cray, Kent, in 1883, the son of Mary Smith of Ridge House, Honiton. He attested for the 2nd South African Infantry at Potchefstroom on 2 January 1917, and was wounded in action at Ypres on 20 September 1917. Admitted to the 1st Canadian General Hospital suffering from a gunshot wound to the chest, he was discharged as permanently unfit for further military service in April 1918.
Sold with copied service records for both recipients.
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