Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Private P. J. Botha, 2nd Battalion, Transvaal Scottish, Union Defence Force, who was wounded in action during the Battle of Sollum, Egypt, 11 January 1942

1939-45 Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45; Africa Service Medal, all officially impressed (221590 P. J. Botha) mounted as originally worn, ribands frayed, nearly very fine or better (4) £60-£80

Petrus Johannes Botha was born in Johannesburg, South Africa in January 1922. He enlisted in the Union Defence Force in February 1941, and was subsequently posted to ‘A’ Company, 2nd Battalion, Transvaal Scottish. Botha disembarked in Egypt in June 1941, and received a gun shot wound to the left thigh in action during the Battle of Sollum, 11 January 1942. During the latter, the Regiment suffered casualties of 1 Officer and 26 Other Ranks killed with 70 wounded.

Botha was evacuated on the hospital ship Amra, and returned to South Africa to be discharged medically unfit, 3 March 1942.

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