British Empire Medal, WWI and WWII Group of Eight Medals, co...

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British Empire Medal, WWI and WWII Group of Eight Medals, comprising Empire Medal, 1914/15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal, WWII War Medal, Defence Medal, Cadet Force Medal and Efficiency Medal. All awarded to and documented The King's Own Scottish Borderers' Association Book, Page 77, RSM T Johnstone BEM. Johnstone was one of the now diminishing band of Gallipoli veterans. He joine the 5th Battalion at the age of 17 in 1909 and was serving with the Machine Gun Company of that Battalion when it landed on the Gallipoli Peninsula on 12th July 1925. He subsequently became Sergeant Major of that company and was badly wounded in the foot. After discharge from hospital he was posted to the Machine Gun Corps in France, when he fought until the end of WWI.

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13th Apr 23 at 10am BST

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