Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Southern Rhodesia (B9336 C.Q.M.S. Sidney J. Paterson) contact marks, very fine £150-200

Sidney James Paterson was born on 28 June 1912. He served in the Southern Rhodesia Territorial Force before the Second World War, and was promoted Sergeant in September 1939. In March 1941 he was promoted Acting Company Quartermaster Sergeant and posted to the 1st Battalion Nigeria Regiment, 23rd Nigerian Brigade, R.W.A.F.F. During the war he served in West Africa and India, being discharged in November 1945. He was awarded the Efficiency Medal (Southern Rhodesia), published in the Colony of Southern Rhodesia Government Gazette of 7 June 1946.