Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Borneo (Pukeroa W. T. H. NZ17270 AB HMNZS Hickleton) nearly very fine and rare £150-£200

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Medals formed by the late Ron Wright.

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H.M.S. Hickleton was a ‘Ton’ class minesweeper built for the Royal Navy and launched in January 1955. She was commissioned into the Royal New Zealand Navy on 10 April 1965, one of two R.N.Z.N. minesweepers sent to assist the Royal Navy during the Borneo operations in Indonesia. She carried a complement of 32 but this may have been increased slightly during her N.Z. service. In her first year Hickleton, together with her sister ship Santon, carried out 200 patrols, with 20 incidents involving intruding Indonesians, often taking as prisoners those aboard the intercepted craft. H.M.N.Z.S. Hickleton was decommissioned in December 1966 and sold to Argentina.