Pair: Private L. E. Miles, 10th Regiment, South African Infantry British War and Bilingual...

Pair: Private L. E. Miles, 10th Regiment, South African Infantry British War and Bilingual Victory Medals (Pte. L. E. Miles. 10th S.A.I.) very fine 1914-15 Star (2) (Burg. M. J. Slabbert Piet Retief Kdo.; Spr. W. J. Wallace. S.A.E.C.) the second with two flattened named card boxes of issue; Bilingual Victory Medal 1914-19 (Cpl. J. E. Van Der Riet 3rd S.A.I.) traces of adhesive to reverse of all, very fine and better (5) £80-£100 --- Mathys Johannes Slabbert initially served with the Piet Retief Commando before attesting for the 1st South African Infantry on 17 November 1915. Described at the time as ‘sunburnt’ upon his attestation documents, Slabbert embarked for service in East Africa per S.S. Laconia on 28 January 1916, disembarking at Kilindini on 3 February 1916. Invalided to South Africa aboard the hospital ship S.S. Oxfordshire on 30 January 1917, he recovered from malaria and served on the Western Front with the Rhodesian Company, 1st South African Infantry. Reported missing in action on 24 March 1918, his papers confirm ‘death presumed’ a few months later. Slabbert is commemorated at Assevillers New British Cemetery on the Somme. William James Wallace initially served in German South West Africa with the South African Engineer Corps. Transferred to the Western Front with “D” Company, 1st South African Infantry, he was wounded in action on 1 September 1916. Evacuated to No. 13 General Hospital suffering from a severe gunshot wound to the back, he was later sent to Tooting and Richmond Hospitals for medical attention and convalescence. James Elliot Van Der Riet embarked at Cape Town for Rouen per Walmer Castle on 6 November 1916 and was wounded in action at duty on 27 April 1917. Transferred from the 3rd to 1st Regiment, South African Infantry, he was killed in action on 10 April 1918. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium. Sold with copied research.