Auction Catalogue

13 December 2007

Starting at 11:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 363

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13 December 2007

Hammer Price:
£170

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901 (34473 Tpr. A. P. Johnstone, P. of W. Lt. Horse) good very fine £100-120

Arthur Patrick Johnstone was born in Enniskillen, Ireland, on 11 March 1869. A Clerk by occupation, he attested for service in the Prince of Wales’ Light Horse at Durban on 8 April 1901. He was discharged on 8 August 1901. He then attested for service in Steinaecker’s Horse on 24 October 1901 and was discharged on 7 February 1903. Sold with copied attestation papers and roll extracts, confirming the above clasps plus that of ‘South Africa 1902’.