Orders, Decorations and Medals

Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, East Africa 1913-14 (104 Pte. Magereta, B Coy. 1/K.A.R.) good very fine
£150-200

Magareta (Gareta on papers) of the Mpotola Tribe, from the village of Jume, in the district of Zomba, enlisted into the King’s African Rifles on 14 November 1911. Served in the expedition against the Merehan Tribe in Jubaland, 1912-14. During the Great War, he served in the German East African Campaign and fought in the actions at Tsavo, Mafia, Kumba Valley and Mbuyani. He was wounded at Mbuyani, 14 July 1915 and again at Malingali, 24 July 1916. Possibly something of a comedian, on 23 March 1916, he received 6 lashes for ‘suggesting to the O.C. on parade that the hours of parade were too long’. He was discharged at Zomba on 16 August 1918. With copied service papers and other research.