The Bernard Harris Collection of Medals to the 1st Regiment, South African Infantry

Pair: Private R. Mullan, 1st Regiment, South African Infantry
British War and Bilingual Victory Medals (Pte. R. Mullan. 1st. S.A.I.) glue residue to the reverse of both, nearly very fine

Pair: Private J. W. Pettit, 1st Regiment, South African Infantry
British War and Bilingual Victory Medals (Pte. J. W. Pettit 1st. S.A.I.) glue residue to the reverse of both, very fine (4) £70-£90

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Bernard Harris Collection of Medals to the 1st Regiment, South African Infantry.

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Richard Mullan was born at Castle Rock, County Kerry, Ireland, around 1880, and attested for the 1st South African Infantry at Cape Town on 7 June 1917. Embarked at Cape Town for England on 25 June 1917, his service record notes that he received a severe wound to the wrist on 30 March 1918. He was also gassed on the Western Front before returning to South Africa per Cawdor Castle in January 1919.

Sold with copied service record.

John Pettit was born in the Cape Province on 17 July 1898 and attested for the 1st South African Infantry at Port Elizabeth on 13 April 1917. Recorded as a Prisoner of War in Germany 24 March 1918, his service record adds that he was detained at Crossen on the east bank of the Oder River and that he was sometime wounded and removed to hospital at Brandenburg. Pettit was later repatriated on 30 December 1918, arriving at the port of Hull per S.S. Frederick VIII.

Sold with copied service record.