Lot Archive

Lot

№ 1229

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2 April 2004

Hammer Price:
£60

Three: Serjeant D. McDonald, Royal Artillery

1939-45 Star; Pacific Star; War Medal 1939-45, unnamed as issued, extremely fine (3) £80-100

Sold with card box of issue addressed to Mrs M. McDonald of Fleet, Hampshire.

835854 Serjeant Duncan McDonald, 15 Battery, 6 Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, died 27 December 1942, aged 33 years. His name is commemorated on the Yokohama Cremation Memorial. Serjeant McDonald was the son of Duncan and Catherine McDonald and husband of Marjory McDonald of Fleet, Hampshire. The 6th H.A.A. Regiment was forced to capitulate in Java in March 1942. It is likely that McDonald died as a P.O.W. in Japan. Sold with copied research details.