Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Corporal R. F. McLaren, South African Forces
1939-45 Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45; Africa Service Medal, all officially impressed ‘74892 R. F. McLaren’, very fine

Four: Warrant Officer Class II R. W. McLaren, South African Air Force, late Transvaal Scottish
1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 8th Army; War Medal 1939-45; Africa Service Medal, all officially impressed ‘31786 R. W. McLaren’, very fine (8) £100-£140

Robert Fortune McLaren was born in Maitland on 27 August 1909. He attested into the Cape Field Artillery in 1924 and was discharged after four years’ service. He attested into the South African Army on 3 June 1940 for service during the Second War, and served in Kenya with No. 2 Stores Company, South African Service Corps, before contracting meningitis. After further periods of sickness, he returned to South Africa where he continued to serve for a further five years until his discharge on 11 November 1947.

Reginald Walter McLaren, a clerk from Braamfontein, Johannesburg, was born on 24 July 1922. He attested into the Transvaal Scottish on 16 April 1940 for service during the Second War, and served in East Africa with the 1st Battalion from July 1940 to June 1941, before further service in the North African campaign until January 1943. In August 1943, he transferred into the South African Air Force and was posted to No. 75 Air Training School at Lyttleton in Pretoria. Advanced Warrant Officer Class II in March 1945, he was discharged seven months later.

Sold together with copy service papers.