Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

General Service 1918-62, 2 clasps, Arabian Peninsula, Brunei (4250083 L.A.C. K. H. Shires, R.A.F.), better than very fine £400-500

A most unusual combination of clasps to an R.A.F. serviceman, suggesting probable service in No. 15 (Field) Squadron, Royal Air Force Regiment. Between November 1959 and January 1960, the unit deployed two Flights to R.A.F. Gan, and the remainder to R.A.F. Changi Internal Security (I.S.) operations, while in subsequent air support operations during the Indonesian Confrontation 1962-65, it operated in Labauan, Brunei, Gan and Malaysia.