Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Air Mechanic Second Class C. H. House, Royal Air Force
British War Medal 1914-20 (63420. 2.A.M. C. H. House. R.A.F.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45, in named card box of issue, addressed to ‘C. H. House, Esq., 19 London Road, Ipswich, Suffolk’, good very fine and better

Four: Leading Aircraftman G. W. J. Mawson, Royal Air Force
1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with Air Council enclosure and ticker tape medal entitlement slip, in named card box of issue addressed to ‘G. W. J. Mawson, Esq., Pte Roca 249, Neuquen, Territoria de Neuquen, Argentina’, extremely fine

Four: Private A. J. Swanepoel, South African Engineering Corps, Union Defence Force
1939-45 Star, naming erased; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45; Africa Service Medal, the last three officially impressed ‘38879 A. J. Swanepoel’, mounted as worn, very fine (11) £70-£90

Charles Herbert House was born in Peterborough on 29 November 1891 and attested for the Royal Flying Corps on 1 March 1917. He transferred to the Royal Air Force on its formation on 1 April 1918, and served 87 and 210 Squadrons. He was discharged on 30 April 1920. Sold with copied record of service.

Gibson William John Mawson was born in Bahia Blanca, Buenos Aires, Argentina, on 27 September 1913, and enlisted in the Royal Air Force on 9 September 1940. He was promoted Leading Aircraftman on 1 December 1942, and was discharged on 27 July 1946. He died in Pembury, Kent, on 27 December 1979. Sold with copied research.

Adriaan Johannes Swanepoel was born on 20 November 1906 and attested for the De La Rey Regiment on 18 July 1940. He served with the South African Engineering Corps, Union Defence Force during the Second World War from February 1941, and was discharged on 18 December 1945. Sold with copied record of service.