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Three: Corporal F. R. Allen, Royal Australian Corps of Military Police, late Royal Air...
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General Service 1962-2007, 4 clasps, Borneo, Malay Peninsula, South Arabia, Northern Ireland, additional clasps all unofficially affixed with wire (Q1931107 Cpl. F. R. Allen, R.A.F.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue, Australia (311625 F. R. Allen); Malaysia, Federation, Pingat Jasa Malaysia Medal, unnamed as issued, mounted court-style for display, good very fine and rare (3) £500-£700
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Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, July 2016 (when sold without the Pingat Jasa Malaysia medal).
Frank Robert Allen was born in Liss, Hampshire, on 21 February 1942, and served in the Royal Air Force Police in the 1960s attaining the rank of Corporal, being present in operations in Borneo, the Malay Peninsula, South Arabia and Northern Ireland. On 20 March 1970 he enlisted into the Australian Regular Army and was posted to the Royal Australian Corps of Military Police. He is known to have served at R.A.C.M.P. School, Ingleburn, and served overseas with the A.N.Z.U.K. Provost Unit, at Nee Soon Garrison, Singapore; it was while in Singapore during 1972 that he was forwarded his ‘Northern Ireland’ clasp. Corporal Allen, who was awarded the L.S. & G.C. Medal in 1975 (Commonwealth of Australia Gazette 11 February 1975), took his final discharge from the Royal Australian Corps of Military Police on 14 December 1979. He died in Farnham, Surrey, on 6 April 2018.
Sold with three original documents regarding three of his GSM clasps (Borneo: receipt dated at Kuching on 15 April 1965; South Arabia: receipt (form L/584) dated 2 July 1968; and Northern Ireland: official receipt (form L133/A) DCI S 3/72); two cap badges; copied service records (which confirm the award of all four clasps to his GSM); copied death certificate; and other research, including a photographic image of the recipient
General Service 1962-2007, 4 clasps, Borneo, Malay Peninsula, South Arabia, Northern Ireland, additional clasps all unofficially affixed with wire (Q1931107 Cpl. F. R. Allen, R.A.F.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue, Australia (311625 F. R. Allen); Malaysia, Federation, Pingat Jasa Malaysia Medal, unnamed as issued, mounted court-style for display, good very fine and rare (3) £500-£700
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Importation Duty
This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK
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Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, July 2016 (when sold without the Pingat Jasa Malaysia medal).
Frank Robert Allen was born in Liss, Hampshire, on 21 February 1942, and served in the Royal Air Force Police in the 1960s attaining the rank of Corporal, being present in operations in Borneo, the Malay Peninsula, South Arabia and Northern Ireland. On 20 March 1970 he enlisted into the Australian Regular Army and was posted to the Royal Australian Corps of Military Police. He is known to have served at R.A.C.M.P. School, Ingleburn, and served overseas with the A.N.Z.U.K. Provost Unit, at Nee Soon Garrison, Singapore; it was while in Singapore during 1972 that he was forwarded his ‘Northern Ireland’ clasp. Corporal Allen, who was awarded the L.S. & G.C. Medal in 1975 (Commonwealth of Australia Gazette 11 February 1975), took his final discharge from the Royal Australian Corps of Military Police on 14 December 1979. He died in Farnham, Surrey, on 6 April 2018.
Sold with three original documents regarding three of his GSM clasps (Borneo: receipt dated at Kuching on 15 April 1965; South Arabia: receipt (form L/584) dated 2 July 1968; and Northern Ireland: official receipt (form L133/A) DCI S 3/72); two cap badges; copied service records (which confirm the award of all four clasps to his GSM); copied death certificate; and other research, including a photographic image of the recipient
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