Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Lieutenant C. Wright, South African Air Force, late Pretoria Regiment

1939-45 Star; Africa Star; War and Africa Service Medals, all officially named (35380 C. Wright)

Three: Major G. R. Kent, South African Air Force, late South African Service Corps

British War Medal 1914-20 (Dvr., S.A.S.C.); War and Africa Service Medals, these two officially named (202899 G. R. Kent) good very fine and better (7) £50-70

Cecil Wright was born on 17 August 1918. Appointed a 2nd Lieutenant in the Pretoria Regiment in July 1940, he served in the Middle East with them and the Imperial Light Horse. Promoted to Temporary Lieutenant on 23 January 1941, in September 1942 he transferred to the S.A.A.F. for training as a Pupil Air Observer. Sold with copied service papers.

George Ross Kent served as a Driver in the S.A.S.C. during the Great War; being taken on to the strength on 20 August 1918 and being discharged on 3 March 1919. Between the wars he was employed as an Attorney Notary Public and Conveyancer of the Supreme Court of South Africa. He again attested for full-time service on 1 June 1940 and was employed as a Major with the S.A.A.F. Radio Signal Company at Johannesburg. He was released to return to his civil employment on 16 October 1943. Sold with copied service papers.