Orders, Decorations and Medals

Five: Sapper J. M. Watermeyer, 95 Bomb Disposal Company, South African Engineers

1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War medals; Africa Service Medal 1939-45, all officially inscribed ‘231237 J. M. Watermeyer’, good very fine and better (5) £80-100

John Maitland Watermeyer was born in Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia in August 1916 but was working as a surveyor in South Africa at the outbreak of hostilities. Enlisting in the Union Defence Force at East London in July 1942, he was embarked for the Middle East in August 1943, where he served in 95 Bomb Disposal Company, S.A.E.C. until April 1944. Transferring to 21 Field Company, S.A.E.C. in the latter month, he served in Italy from June 1944 until August 1945, and was discharged in January 1946; sold with copied service record.