Lot Archive

Lot

№ 1199

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19 September 2003

Hammer Price:
£210

Five: Serjeant Kambalame, King’s African Rifles and 6th Northern Rhodesia Regiment

1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals; King’s African Rifles L.S.& G.C., G.VI.R. (10884 Sjt., K.A.R.) very fine (5) £120-160

Kambamame of the Anyanja Tribe, from the village of Kanda in the Zomba District of Nyasaland, enlisted into the K.A.R. in 1926. During the War he served in Kenya and Madagascar. He was awarded the L.S.& G.C. in 1943 and demobilised in 1945. Sold with 32 sheets of copied service papers.