Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (Major H. W. Austin, R.A.M.C.) nearly extremely fine £120-150

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals relating to the Boer War formed by two brothers.

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Herbert Ward Austin was born in Poplar, Middlesex, on 14 March 1864. Embarking on a medical career, he was educated at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital Medical School and took the M.R.C.S. and L.R.C.P. Lond. in 1885. In 1886 he entered the Army as a Surgeon Captain and became a Major in the Royal Army Medical Corps in July 1898. During the Boer War he served on the Isle of St. Helena, 31 March 1900-21 November 1902. Attaining the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in October 1906, he retired from the Army in 1911.

After his retirement he was employed as Medical Officer at Fort Stamford, Staddon. Lieutenant-Colonel Austin died on 3 February 1924. With copied service details.