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Auction: 25113 - Orders, Decorations and Medals - e-Auction
Lot: 262

General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya (2) (21132708 Rfn. Jaibahadur Rai. 10 GR.; 21135582 Rfn. Indrabahadur. Limbu. 7 GR.); General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Borneo (21155766 Rfn. Ranbahadur Rai. 2/10 GR.), very fine (3)

Ranbahadur Rai is understood to have served with the Gurkha Independent Parachute Company during the Borneo conflict. This unit was formed from volunteers from all eight regiments and corps units of the Brigade of Gurkhas on 1 January 1963, with the original role of airfield seizure for 17th Gurkha Division, with an all ranks strength of 128 men. Parachute training was conducted in Malaya, with selection carried out at Johore Baru under Captain Bruce Niven of the 10th Princess Mary's Own Gurkha Rifles.

They operated in a similar vein to the Special Air Service and shared in Operation 'Claret', the top-secret incursions cross-border into Indonesia.

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£100