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Auction: 25112 - Orders, Decorations and Medals - e-Auction
Lot: 535

(x) Four: Corporal W. H. Biggs, Royal Air Force who was taken a Prisoner of War in the Far East on 1 September 1942

1939-1945 Star; Pacific Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-1945, mounted as worn, very fine (4)

Walter Henry Biggs was born at Neath, South Wales on 2 August 1913. He joined the Royal Air Force on 8 July 1940 and saw service in the Far Eastern theatre from 1 June 1941. He was captured at Java on 1 September 1942 (although in his P.O.W. questionnaire he states the date of capture as 8 May 1942. Released from captivity on 2 September 1945. Biggs was released from the R.A.F. on 19 August 1946.

Sold with the following archive:

i)
Royal Air Force Malaya Pass, issued at Kuala Lumpur on 27 September 1941.

ii)
Telegram dated 17 March 1943 sent to Mrs D M Biggs (wife) of 11A Belfield Road, West Ewell, Surrey, confirming that he was a POW in Japanese hands.

iii)
Slip for Second World War Medals.

iv)
Royal Air Force Service and Release Book

v)
Japanese banknotes (2)

Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium.

Sold for
£90

Starting price
£70