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Auction: 21003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 248

Seven: Lieutenant-Colonel J. R. Whitaker, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, S. E. Asia 1945-46 (Major. J. R. Whitaker. R.E.M.E.); Indian Independence Medal 1947, mounted as worn, good very fine (7)

M.I.D. London Gazette 19 September 1946 (Burma).

John Rudolph Whitaker was born at Lewisham in January 1905. He enlisted in The Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment in July 1941 (6100845) from 168 O.C.T.U. and was commissioned into the Royal Irish Fusiliers in January 1941. Transferred to the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, Whitaker saw wife service in Burma and South-East Asia. Promoted Lieutenant-Colonel in 1953, he died on 19 May 1969.

For his miniature dress medals, please see Lot 617.




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