A Collection of Medals to Gurkhas

Pair: Captain Shibu Gurung, 6th Queen Elizabeth’s Own Gurkha Rifles

General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, G.VI.R. (21135940 Sgt. Sibu Gurung 6 G.R.); General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Borneo (Lt. Shibu Gurung. 6 GR.) mounted for wear, good very fine and better (2) £160-£200

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to Gurkhas.

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Shibu Gurung initially served in the ranks in Malaya and Singapore against communist guerilla forces, qualifying for the G.S.M., clasp Malaya. Raised Warrant Officer Second Class, he fought Indonesian soldiers, marines and irregular elements in Sabah (North Borneo) and Sarawak in Eastern Malaysia during the Indo-Malaysian Confrontation between 24 December 1962 and 11 August 1966. According to British Battles and Medals this conflict claimed the lives of 114 Commonwealth personnel, including Lieutenant F. H. Wallace of the 2nd Battalion, 6th Gurkha Rifles, who was killed in a clash with a large group of Indonesians at Sarawak.

Appointed Lieutenant in the 6th Gurkha Rifles in the London Gazette of 11 June 1965, Shibu Gurung was advanced Captain 22 January 1968, before taking his retirement from the Brigade of Gurkhas on 17 March 1976. Placed on retired pay, he likely returned home to his family in Nepal.

Sold with copied research.