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Three: Staff Sergeant H. E. Brown, South African Native Labour Corps, late South African Veterinary Corps 1914-15 STAR (Sjt., S.A. Vetry. C.); BRITISHWAR AND BILINGUAL VICTORY MEDALS (S/Sjt., S.A.N.L.C.) minor contact marks very fine (3)
£50-70
Herbert Edward Brown enlisted into the S.A.V.C. on 28 September 1914, aged 32 years. With them he served in German South West Africa and East Africa. During 1918 he served with the S.A.N.L.C. in France. Staff Sergeant Brown was discharged at Rosebank on 24 February 1919 - his forwarding address given as ‘Landsdowne House, Landsdowne Road, Claremont’. With copied service papers.
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Pair: Corporal L. S. Hulley, 2nd South African Horse, late South African Veterinary Corps 1914-15 STAR (Cpl., S.A. Vetry. C.); BILINGUAL VICTORY 1914-19 (Cpl., 2nd S.A.H.) Pair: Syce Basant, Field Veterinary Section 1914-15 STAR (No.11 Syce Basant, 6 Fd. Vet. Sec.); VICTORYMEDAL 1914-19 (11 Syce Basant II 6 Fd. Vet. Sec.) last with edge bruise, very fine (4)
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Seven: Colonel P. E. Woodland, Royal Army Veterinary Corps BRITISH WAR MEDAL 1914-20 (Capt.); INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (Capt., R.A.V.C.); 1939-45 STAR; BURMA STAR;WAR AND INDIA SERVICEMEDALS; CORONATION 1937, these unnamed, mounted for display, good very fine and better (7)
£200-240
Percy Frederick Woodland was born in Chelsea on 19 January 1896. He qualified as a M.R.C.V.S. from the Veterinary College, London, on 19 January 1917. Commissioned into the Special Reserve on 3 January 1917, he transferred to the ‘Regular’ A.V.C. with the rank of Captain in July 1919. Served in India, March 1917-December 1922; promoted to Major in January 1927 and to Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel in September 1944. Woodland retired on an Indian Pension in December 1948 and was granted the honorary rank of Colonel. With copied research.
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Four: Corporal M. J. Grobler, South African Veterinary Corps, late 1st South African Infantry BRITISHWAR AND BILINGUAL VICTORYMEDALS (Cpl., 1st S.A.I.);WAR AND AFRICA SERVICEMEDALS, these officially named (37254 M. J. Grobler) mounted for display, fine and better (4)
£40-60
Matthew Johannes Gobler was born in Frankford, Orange Free State on 2 August 1893. During the Great War he served in the 1st S.A. I., S.A.V.C. and S.A.M.R. He attested as a Volunteer in the Union Defence Force at Pretoria on 8 June 1940 and served with the S.A.V. C. With copied W.W.2 service papers.
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A Great War O.B.E. group of eight awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel F. Fail, Royal Army Veterinary Corps THE MOST EXCELLENT ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1919; QUEEN’S SOUTHAFRICA 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (Civ. Vet. Surg., A.V.D.); KING’S SOUTH AFRICA 1901-02, 2 clasps (C. Vet-Surg., A.V.D.); 1914 STAR, with copy clasp (Capt., A.V.C.); BRITISHWAR AND VICTORY MEDALS, M.I.D. oak leaf (Lt. Col.); EGYPT,ORDER OF THENILE, 4th Class breast badge, silver, silver-gilt and enamel, rosette on ribbon; KHEDIVE’S SUDAN 1910-22, 1 clasp, Sudan 1912, unnamed, mounted as worn, good very fine (8)
£1200-1500
Frederick Fail was born in Kedlington on 2 August 1874 and qualified as a M.R.C.V.S. (Edinburgh) on 21 May 1898. Served in the Boer War as a Civilian Veterinary Surgeon, taking part in operations in the Orange Free State, May 1900; operations in the Orange River Colony, September-November 1900; operations in Cape Colony, February-April and June-December 1900 and November 1900-May 1902. Commissioned a Lieutenant in the Army Veterinary Department in May 1903, he served again in South Africa, May-December 1903. Promoted to Captain in May 1908. Served in the operations against the Bair and Anuak Tribes in S.E. Sudan, 1912. As a Captain in the A.V.C. he entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 1 October 1914 (clasp not confirmed). He was posted to Egypt in November 1915. For his wartime services he was mentioned in Allenby’s despatches (London Gazette 5 June 1919) and as a Major (Temp. Lieutenant-Colonel in the R.A.V.C.) was awarded the military O.B.E. (London Gazette 3 June 1919). Fail attained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in February 1919 and retired as such on 6 January 1920. He died on 18 March 1950. With copied research, including service papers (confirming Order of the Nile), gazette and roll extracts and m.i.c.
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