Orders, Decorations and Medals Including five Special Collections

Seven: Warrant Officer James Kilby, Royal Australian Air Force, late Royal Artillery

1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence & War Medals; Vietnam Medal 1964 (A5950 Kilby J.); Royal Air Force L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue (A5950 Kilby J.); South Vietnam Campaign Medal, with clasp (A5950 Kilby J.), mounted court style as worn, together with Regular Army Certificate of Service, Warrant of Appointment as Warrant Officer R.A.A.F., Certificate of Outstanding Service February 1970, Certificate of Service on leaving the R.A.A.F. in October 1978, a R.A.A.F. wall plaque with name plate, Warrant Officers’ cloth and bullion arm badge, and companion set of miniatures, very fine (14) £200-250

James Kilby was born in 1924 and enlisted into the Royal Artillery at Preston on 2 May 1939. During the war he served in North West Europe from 11 June 1944 until 6 January 1945, and subsequently in India from July 1945 until October 1947. He was discharged from the Army on 3 July 1948, and was for a time employed as a Deckhand on a Fleetwood trawler. On 28 August 1949 he joined the Royal Australian Air Force, and became a Warrant Officer on 1 April 1971. He served in Vietnam with the Support Flight of No. 1 Operational Support Unit, from 21 January to 10 October 1971. He was discharged on 14 September 1978, his Certificate of Service confirming his post-war awards and Certificate of Outstanding Service.