Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Modder River, Paardeberg (4910 Cpl. J. Z. Collier, 1st Highland Lt. Infy.) good very fine £80-£100

Job Zenas Collier was born in Westbury, Wiltshire, and attested for the Highland Light Infantry at Great Yarmouth on 7 June 1893, aged 18 years 5 months, a footman by trade with previous militia service in the Norfolk Artillery. He served overseas at Malta, March 1895 to July 1898; in the occupation of Crete, 31 July to 26 December, 1898; and in South Africa from 23 October 1899 to 8 May 1900. He was discharged, having been found medically unfit for further service, on 24 May 1902. Sold with copied discharge papers and medal verification.