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General Service Medal (EIIR)

General Service Medal (EIIR), 2 bars, Arabian Peninsula, Brunei, Campaign Service Medal, bar South Arabia, RAF Long Service and Good Conduct (EIIR), 2247893 Sergeant T.C. Leahy, Royal Air Force. A most…

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General Service Medal (EIIR), 2 bars, Arabian Peninsula, Brunei, Campaign Service Medal, bar South Arabia, RAF Long Service and Good Conduct (EIIR), 2247893 Sergeant T.C. Leahy, Royal Air Force.

 

A very rare combination of clasps to an R.A.F. serviceman, suggesting probable service in No. 15 (Field) Squadron, Royal Air Force Regiment.

 

Between November 1959 and January 1960, the unit deployed two Flights to R.A.F. Gan, and the remainder to R.A.F. Changi Internal Security (I.S.) operations, while in subsequent air support operations during the Indonesian Confrontation 1962-65, it operated in Labauan, Brunei, Gan and Malaysia.