Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Five: Captain H. Dubovsky, South African Medical Corps, Union Defence Force

1939-45 Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Africa Service Medal, all officially named ‘299734 H. Dubovsky’, mounted as worn, good very fine (5) £70-£90

Henry Dubovsky assumed duty as a General Duties Medical Doctor in the South African Medical Corps, with the rank of Captain, on 7 July 1941, and served at 1 General Hospital, East Africa, from 31 August to 29 November 1942, before being posted to the 5/6 King’s African Rifles for service in East Africa. He was posted to the 44th Infantry Battalion, S.A.A.F., for service in the Middle East on 4 October 1943. He relinquished his commission on 1 March 1947.

Sold with the recipient’s East Africa force Officers’ Identity Card, which contains a photograph of the recipient; Record of Service; Release Certificate; and medal entitlement and enclosure documents.