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Auction: 20001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals - conducted behind closed doors
Lot: 816

(x) Four: Constable T. Haier, 4th South African Mounted Rifles, late Natal Police

Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Laing's Nek (2333 Tpr: T. Haier. Natal Police); 1914-15 Star (Const. T. Haier 4th. S.A.M.R.); British War and bilingual Victory Medals (Const. T. Haier. 4th S.A.M.R.), very fine (4)

Thomas Haier attested for the 4th South African Mounted Rifles on 6 August 1914 and was posted to 'A' Squadron shortly thereafter. Thrice fined for being in possession of a dirty pistol and being absent from station, he was admitted to Wynberg Hospital in April 1915 suffering from boils and an abrasion to the forearm; sold with copied service record which notes his next of kin as 'Mr. Haier, Kilbaka, Carriga Holt, County Clare, Ireland.'

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Sold for
£400

Starting price
£100