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

№ 1132

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26 June 2008

Hammer Price:
£180

Pair: Private K. B. Walton, Royal Australian Regiment

Korea 1950-53, 1st issue (2/400923 K. B. Walton); U.N. Korea (2/400923 K. B. Walton) nearly extremely fine (2) £120-160

Kevin Bruce Walton was born in Matraville, N.S.W. on 25 July 1929. A Builders Labourer by occupation he enlisted into the Australian Army on 28 December 1951. He served in Korea with the 3rd Battalion Royal Australian Regiment, 22 August 1952-March 1953. Accidently injured with a fractured pelvis and lacerated wound to the scalp, he was sent to the 60th Indian Field Ambulance, 20 October-2 December 1952 and thence to the British Convalescence General Hospital, Japan, 4-6 March 1953. Returning to Australia he was discharged at his own request on 23 June 1953. Sold with copied service details.