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№ 186

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30 March 2011

Hammer Price:
£1,100

A scarce Natal L.S. & G.C. group of three awarded to Gaoler W. M. Hearn, Natal Police

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Natal, South Africa 1901 (Gaoler, Natal Police) 2nd clasp loose; Natal 1906, 1 clasp, 1906 (Gaoler, Natal Police); Natal L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (1c. Sgt., N.P.) good very fine (3) £1000-1200

William Matthew Hearn was born in Church End, Hendon, Middlesex. He was recruited in England, arrived in South Africa on board the S.S. Nubian on 8 July 1889 and enlisted in the Natal Police on the same day. He served in the Natal Police for 19 years, 147 days and was awarded the Natal L.S. & G.C. on 26 November 1909. He died at Red Hill, near Durban, on 27 November 1931, aged 66 years.