Kalahari horse

[Noor]

Hi all,

Over the trade I picked up some random medals including two South African WW1 awards (BWM and VM) named to PTE.G.H.HAWKINS KALAHARI HRS. Sad part is that I can see his trio was on sale some years ago on eBay with the 1915 Star. Now its only a pair (at least star must be out there somewhere).

I am just wondering how rare unit it is and is there any information where they were and what they did during the WW1.

Not my cup of tea so most likely I will move them on some moment soon. Just wanted to use them as a learning pieces first.

Thanking you in advance,

Timo

[peter monahan]

A post by Chris Boonzaier from 2010 - see below - says '710' on the rolls at one point and another 410 at a later date - these would be, I think, the actual rolls used to issue the medals and the numbers seem to indicate 2 different lots of names 'porcessed', but you can read the details below.