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Auction: 13001 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 284

Queen´s South Africa 1899-1902, five clasps, Talana, Defence of Ladysmith, Orange Free State, Transvaal, Laing´s Nek (4283. Pte. A.F. Germaine, 18/Hrs:), light contact marks, nearly very fine

4823 Sergeant Alfred Frederick Germaine, born Dover, Kent, 1874; enlisted in the 18th Hussars, November 1894; served with the Regiment in South Africa, October 1898 to October 1902; promoted Corporal, 1.1.1903; served with the Regiment during the Great War on the Western Front from 15.8.1914; promoted Sergeant, 24.8.1914; wounded, 15.2.1915; discharged, 18.5.1915, after 20 years and 197 days with the Colours.

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