The Bernard Harris Collection of Medals to the 3rd Regiment, South African Infantry

Pair: Private G. Brooker, 3rd Regiment, South African Infantry, who died of wounds on the Western Front on 15 October 1916

British War Medal 1914-20 (A/L/Cpl. G. Brooker. 3rd S.A.I.); Bilingual Victory 1914-19 (Pte. G. Brooker. 3rd S.A.I.) area of erasure before rank; Memorial Plaque (George Brooker) traces of adhesive to reverse of all, generally very fine (3) £100-£140

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Bernard Harris Collection of Medals to the 3rd Regiment, South African Infantry.

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George Brooker was born in London in 1896 and having emigrated to South Africa attested for the 3rd South African Infantry at Potchefstroom on 11 November 1915 embarked from Cape Town to England on 28 February 1916. Sent to Frensham Hill Military Hospital suffering from bronchitis on July 1916, he was discharged on 13 July 1916 and joined the Regiment in the trenches in the Somme. He suffered a shrapnel wound to the left shoulder and both legs on 12 October 1916, and died of these injuries at No. 45 Casualty Clearing Station three days later. He is buried at Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension, France.

Sold with copied service record and CWGC entries.