Auction Catalogue

25 & 26 June 2008

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 267

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26 June 2008

Hammer Price:
£950

Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Yangtze 1949 (D/SSX. 815437 J. J. Dolan, A.B. R.N.) suspension bar slightly bent, otherwise very fine £450-500

Sold with small portrait photograph and detailed service history in New Zealand Navy from 16 May 1955 to July 1967. James Joseph Dolan was born at Longford, Ireland, on 2 March 1929. He served in the Royal Navy as an Ordinary Seaman from 4 September 1946, and as an Able Seaman from 4 March 1948 until his discharge on 13 August 1954. He subsequently emigrated to New Zealand, joining the N.Z. Navy in May 1955. He died in New Zealand on 6 August 1989.