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Auction: 26002 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 143

Pair: Captain M. O'L. Fishburn, East Surrey Regiment, late Reconnaissance Corps

War Medal 1939-45; Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Kenya (Lt. M. O. Fishburn. Surreys.), mounted as worn, good very fine and probably a uniquely named to the Regiment (2)

Michael O'Leary Fishburn was born in Yorkshire on 7 January 1915 and enlisted into the West Yorkshire Regiment under the alias 'Alfred' in June 1940, being posted to the 59th Battalion, Reconnaissance Corps in July 1941 and the 4th Recce Regiment in November 1942. Sent to North Africa in March 1943 (but clearly outside the area of operations), he was discharged from the 2nd Echelon and was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant into the 1/6th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment in August 1943.

Advanced Captain in January 1953, he was noted as having joined the Colonial Service in Kenya in March 1953 whilst also remaining on the Reserve. He served as a local Lieutenant during the Mau Mau conflict (Medal & clasp) and remained in Kenya, he was appointed to the Rent Control Board for Nanyuki in February 1958, as Magistrate by the Governor in August 1958 and assisted the District Commissioner at Thika with local tender for Government Supply.

Married in Pontefract in 1979, he died there in April 2001.

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Estimate
£140 to £180

Starting price
£110