Hello all, just picked this Palestine Service Medal named to PTE. M. LIJANE. APC, service number AS17869. I'm going to send for his records in the morning. I assume APC stands for Army Pay Corps.
Hello all, just picked this Palestine Service Medal named to PTE. M. LIJANE. APC, service number AS17869. I'm going to send for his records in the morning. I assume APC stands for Army Pay Corps.
An interesting name. No trace of the name on UK Ancestry. A Google search seems to suggest a South African connection.
Also found this - a similar service number on a GSM for an African man.
General Service Medal (Bar - Palestine 1945 - 48) - African Pioneer Corps | Cultman Collectables
I think APC is African Pioneer Corps.
Good luck with your research.
Regards
Richie
Wow Richie ! Thank you very much for the clarification. It makes sence now why the R was missing from Royal Army Pay Corps. When I see a british medal I don't think South Africa right away even though Cape Town was a British colony.
Sorry tom, your post didn't load till I submitted my last response. Thank you for your clarification and medal roll! If you don't mind me asking, how did you get that without paying a researcher?
Hi,
my pleasure. I have an annual subscription to ancestry.com and do plenty of research myself, so knew where to look! I'm always happy to do 'look ups'.
Cheers, Tom
Great to see members helping out on this medal, well done Richie and Tom.
Regards,
Jerry
Whatever its just an opinion.
Jerry
Thank-you, although Google and the Internet has to take the real credit.
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