Description
General Service Medal 1918, GVI, bar S.E. Asia 1945-46, 14864065 Spr. R. Shaw, Royal Engineers.
Officially impressed: “14864065 Spr R. Shaw. R.E.”
Confirmed on the medal roll.
Scarce confirmed clasp to a British Unit.
Medal roll confirms that he was present in the post war campaign in South East Asia with the 908 Port Operation Company Royal Engineers.
During the campaign in Java and Sumatra, the Army landed troops for the invasion, of importance was the Port at Belawan, the harbour in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia’ busiest seaport outside of Java. The Royal Engineers ran the Port Operation there.
You can read an in-depth article about the Royal Engineers in the S.E. Asia campaign in the 1951 copy of the Royal Engineers Journal, written by major J.S.R. Shave, MC RE, Page 253
https://www.nzsappers.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/1951-September.pdf
