Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, E.II.R. (582600 Sgt. D. Brodie. R.A.F.) extremely fine £160-200

David Brodie was born in Rochford, Essex, on 3 November 1933, and enlisted in the Royal Air Force. He served in Malaya as an Air Signaller with no. 48 Squadron, R.A.F. On 2 March 1956 he was part of the 7 man crew, three Royal Air Force and four Army Service Corps, of a Valetta C1 aircraft that was undertaking a supply drop for 22 S.A.S. Regiment in the Cameron Highlands in the Malayan jungle. His aircraft approached the dropping zone both low and slow with both engines throttled back; after dropping one pack of supplies the aircraft began a starboard turn, but the port wing struck a tree and the aircraft cart wheeled into a gully killing all seven of the crew, including Brodie. He is buried in Cheras road Christian Cemetery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.