Medals from the Collection of the late Eric Smith

Six: Private C. C. Clerke, New Zealand Infantry

1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals; New Zealand Service Medal, all unnamed; New Zealand Memorial Cross, G.VI.R. (357 Pte. C. C. Clerke)

Five: Corporal M. H. Cotterell, New Zealand Infantry

1939-45 Star; Pacific Star; War Medal 1939-45; New Zealand Service Medal, all unnamed; New Zealand Memorial Cross, G.VI.R. (68322 Cpl. M. H. Cotterell) this last in case of issue

Five: Lance-Corporal R. A. Kent, New Zealand Forces

1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 8th Army clasp; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45; New Zealand Service Medal, all unnamed, mounted as worn, good very fine and better (6) £120-160

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals from the Collection of the late Eric Smith.

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Private Claude Cecil Clerke, New Zealand Infantry, attached H.Q. 4th N.Z. Infantry Brigade, was killed in action in the Western Desert on 5 July 1942, aged 32 years. He was buried in the El Alamein War Cemetery. He was the son of George Frederick and Gussie Levena Clerke of Rewa, Wellington.

Corporal Mervyn Henry Cotterell, New Zealand Infantry, was killed/died on 17 February 1944, aged 27 years. He was buried in the Bourail New Zealand War Cemetery, New Caledonia. He was the son of Charles Richard Cotterell and of Esther Lillian Cotterell of Moerewa, Auckland. With a quantity of copied research.

Medals to ‘Kent’ with named New Zealand Ministry of Defence medal forwarding slip.