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Sold on 30 March 2011

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A Collection of Medals to Veterinary Surgeons and the Army Veterinary Corps

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№ 320 x

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30 March 2011

Hammer Price:
£80

Three: Staff Sergeant H. E. Brown, South African Native Labour Corps, late South African Veterinary Corps
1914-15 Star (Sjt., S.A. Vetry. C.); British War and Bilingual Victory Medals (S/Sjt., S.A.N.L.C.) minor contact marks very fine (3) £50-70

Herbert Edward Brown enlisted into the S.A.V.C. on 28 September 1914, aged 32 years. With them he served in German South West Africa and East Africa. During 1918 he served with the S.A.N.L.C. in France. Staff Sergeant Brown was discharged at Rosebank on 24 February 1919 - his forwarding address given as ‘Landsdowne House, Landsdowne Road, Claremont’. With copied service papers.