The Bernard Harris Collection of Medals to the 4th Regiment, South African Infantry

British War Medal 1914-20 (4) (L/Cpl. C. Wiehahn. 4th S.A.I.; Pte. F. W. Slaughter. 4th S.A.I.; Pte. H. M. Smith. 4th S.A.I.; Pte. I. E. Wahl. 4th S.A.I.) traces of adhesive to reverse of all, very fine and better (4) £80-£100

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Bernard Harris Collection of Medals to the 4th Regiment, South African Infantry.

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Charles Wiehahn was born in Cape Town in 1895 and attested for the 4th South African Infantry at Potchefstroom on 24 August 1915. Posted to the Western Front on 15 April 1916, he suffered a gunshot wound to the right foot 29 March 1917, a gunshot wound to the right arm 3 May 1918, and a further gunshot wound to the right forearm 9 October 1918. His papers also record a self inflicted wound on 26 December 1916, and another on 7 April 1917. He survived the war and was discharged at Maitland on 24 August 1919.

Frederick Walter Slaughter was born in Kokstad around 1898, and attested for the 1st South African Infantry at Durban on 5 February 1917. Posted to the Western Front on 1 July 1917, he was captured and taken Prisoner of War on the first day of the Germany Spring Offensive, 21 March 1918. He was repatriated on 29 November 1918.

Harold Matthew Smith was born in Cape Town on 22 December 1897, and attested for the 4th South African Infantry at Cape Town on 30 June 1916. He suffered a gunshot wound to the thigh and leg on the Western Front 8 December 1917, and was later discharged at Maitland on 28 June 1919.

Ignatius Edward Wahl was born in Uitenhage on 15 September 1898 and originally attested for the 1st South African Infantry at Johannesburg on 20 February 1917. A former G.P.O. messenger, he survived the war and was discharged from the 4th Regiment at Maitland in May 1919.

Sold with copied service records for all four recipients.