The Bernard Harris Collection of Medals to the 4th Regiment, South African Infantry

British War Medal 1914-20 (4) (Pte. R. L. Meikle. 4th S.A.I.; Pte. F. A. Oddy. 4th S.A.I.; Pte. D. Ogilvie 4th S.A.I.; Pte. J. H. Paterson. 4th S.A.I.) traces of adhesive to reverse of all, very fine and better (4) £80-£100

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Bernard Harris Collection of Medals to the 4th Regiment, South African Infantry.

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Robert Letham Meikle was born in Lanark, Scotland, around 1879, and attested for the 1st South African Infantry at Johannesburg on 9 March 1917. Recorded as Missing on 24 March 1918, he was later confirmed as a German Prisoner of War. Repatriated, he was discharged at Maitland on 14 September 1919.

Fred Arnold Oddy was born in Manchester around 1897, and attested for the 4th South African Infantry at Potchefstroom on 8 December 1915. Embarked for England 28 February 1916, his papers record that he was gassed on 19 March 1918 and evacuated to Convalescent Hospital in Eastbourne. He was later discharged at Maitland in May 1919.

Donald Ogilvie was born in Stutterheim, Cape Province, around 1897, and attested for the 4th South African Infantry at Potchefstroom on 19 October 1916. Posted to France 20 January 1917, his papers record a gunshot wound to the tibia on 10 April 1917. He was later discharged medically unfit at Maitland on 9 October 1919.

John Herman Paterson was born in Kimberley around 1889, and attested for the 4th South African Infantry at Potchefstroom on 26 January 1916. Reported as Missing on the Western Front 24 March 1918, he was later confirmed as a German Prisoner of War. Repatriated on 10 December 1918, he was demobilised on 3 June 1919.

Sold with copied service records for all four recipients.