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№ 418

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9 November 2022

Hammer Price:
£2,400

Five: Major G. N. B. Hart, 5th Gurkha Rifles, who was wounded in Burma in March 1944

1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 2 clasps, S.E. Asia 1945-46, Malaya (Major G. N. B. Hart. 5th G.R.) mounted on card for display, nearly extremely fine (5) £180-£220

Geoffrey Norman Beaufort Hart was born on 6 November 1922, and was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant into the 3/5th Gurkha Rifles on 15 March 1942; W.S. Lieut., 1 October 1942; Acting Captain, 30 June 1943; Temp. Captain, 1 July 1943. The regimental History confirms that Lieutenant Hart was wounded on the Tiddim Road, Burma, on 24 March 1944.