Category: Africa Star

Categories: British Isles and Ireland, Military Decorations | Campaign and Service Medals 1939-1945, Military Decorations, Australia | Campaign Medals, New Zealand

This category contains profiles of recipients of the Africa Star.

The Africa Star is a military campaign medal, instituted by the United Kingdom on 8 July 1943 for award to subjects of the British Commonwealth who served in the Second World War, specifically in North Africa between 10 June 1940 and 12 May 1943 inclusive.

Three clasps were instituted to be worn on the medal ribbon, the North Africa 1942–43 Clasp, the 8th Army Clasp and the 1st Army Clasp.

See Wikipedia:Africa Star

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Thomas Fairbairn 26 Apr 1918 Stephenstown, County Louth, Ireland - abt 22 Aug 2009

Bernard Fergusson 06 May 1911 London, England, United Kingdom - 28 Nov 1980

Edward Ferris 09 Jul 1917 Inverell, New South Wales, Australia

Herbert Ferris 26 Apr 1905 Hendon, London, England, United Kingdom - 25 Mar 1941

Howard Fietz 13 Sep 1917 Henley Beach, South Australia, Australia - 23 Oct 1942

Eric Fisher 05 Jun 1915 Ardlethan, New South Wales, Australia

Peter FitzSimons 25 Feb 1916 Greenwich, New South Wales, Australia - 16 Mar 1992

Geoffrey Flewell-Smith 31 Oct 1906 Tarampa, Queensland, Australia - 28 Oct 1979

Henry Ford 26 Jun 1917 Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom - 24 Dec 1990

Hedley Freedman 04 Aug 1908 Perth, Western Australia, Australia

John Frew 01 Aug 1916 Balmain, New South Wales, Australia

Bernard Freyberg 21 Mar 1889 Richmond, Surrey, England - 04 Jul 1963

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Galfry (Gataker) Gatacre 11 Jun 1907 Wooroolin, Queensland, Australia - 11 Aug 1983

Earl Gerard 21 Jan 1918 Glen Innes, New South Wales, Australia - 27 Dec 1995

Donald Gill 04 Jul 1918 St Peters, New South Wales, Australia

Charles Golding 21 Sep 1914 Randwick, New South Wales, Australia - 1972

Duncan Goslett 04 Jan 1911 Carlton, Victoria, Australia - 20 May 1992

Harold Graham 28 Nov 1917 Ulmarra, New South Wales, Australia - 23 Aug 2012

John Graham 22 Jan 1920 London, England, United Kingdom - 1989

Percival Gratwick 19 Oct 1902 Katanning, Western Australia, Australia - 26 Oct 1942

Earle Gray 25 Jun 1919 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - 22 Jul 1941

Robert Gray 02 Nov 1917 Trail, Kootenay Boundary, British Columbia, Canada - 09 Aug 1945

Charles Green 26 Dec 1919 Swan Creek, New South Wales, Australia - 01 Nov 1950

Garth (Greene) Massy-Greene 14 Aug 1919 Tenterfield, New South Wales, Australia - 21 Mar 2014

Bernard Greer 14 Mar 1914 Manilla, New South Wales, Australia - 30 Jan 1942

Colin Grumont 13 Mar 1919 Caulfield, Victoria, Australia - 28 Mar 1971

Arthur Gurney 15 Dec 1908 Day Dawn, Western Australia, Australia - 22 Jul 1942

Robert Guthrie 30 Jul 1915 Semaphore, South Australia, Australia - 19 Jul 1987

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John Hackett 05 Nov 1910 Perth, Western Australia, Australia - 09 Sep 1997

John Hadden 14 Mar 1921 Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia

Henry Hambleton 15 Mar 1907 Wandsworth, Surrey, England, United Kingdom - 1974

David Hammond 18 Jun 1919 Pymble, New South Wales, Australia - 12 Nov 1996

Stanley Hammond 13 May 1915 Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia - 1973

Harrold Hampton 04 May 1914 Rosewater, South Australia, Australia

Ralf Harding 1890s - 1980s

Reginald Hast 16 Oct 1921 Eastwood, New South Wales, Australia - 17 Dec 1944

Robert Hayden 21 May 1917 Burwood, New South Wales, Australia

Herbert Haylock 07 Mar 1922 Sherwood, Queensland, Australia - Jul 2010

Charlie Hayward 18 Nov 1918 Awanui, Auckland, New Zealand - 24 Jul 2000

Finley Hearps 24 Oct 1914 Drouin, Victoria, Australia

John Hodge 20 Feb 1905 Waverley, New South Wales, Australia - 1973

Lance Hollingworth 22 Nov 1908 Oughtrington, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom - 09 Oct 1971

Gordon Horsley 11 Oct 1899 Ipswich, Queensland, Australia - 1949

Ian Hutchison 02 Aug 1913 Waverley, New South Wales, Australia - abt 13 Dec 1982

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Spencer (Ingram-Pearson) Pearson 19 May 1915 Drummoyne, New South Wales, Australia - aft 1955

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Edward Jackson-Hope 20 Aug 1913 Parkes, New South Wales, Australia - 1987

Kenneth Jarvis 05 Apr 1911 Strathalbyn, South Australia, Australia - 05 May 1941

Mervyn Jeanes 21 Dec 1911 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia - 23 Jun 1978

Carl Jess 15 Jul 1920 Camberwell, Surrey, England - 17 May 1941

Wilfred Johnson abt 09 Feb 1914 Maclean, New South Wales, Australia

Herbert Johnston 21 Jan 1918 Northbridge, New South Wales, Australia

Keith Johnston 29 Sep 1915 Rockdale, New South Wales, Australia - 23 Oct 1942

Roy Johnston 09 Feb 1900 Caulfield, Victoria, Australia - 1966

Allan Jones 05 Sep 1918 Renmark, South Australia, Australia

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Gilbert Keats 24 May 1917 Unley, South Australia, Australia - Sep 2014

Richard Kellett 24 Oct 1905 East Stonehouse, Devon, England, United Kingdom - 03 Jan 1990

William Kibby 15 Apr 1903 Winlaton, Durham, England, United Kingdom - 31 Oct 1942

Vincent Kiely 25 Jul 1918 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Reginald Kierath 20 Feb 1915 Narromine, New South Wales, Australia - 29 Mar 1944

Harry Kilby 1899 Balaclava, South Australia (Australia) - 1975

Henry Killalea 22 Jul 1900 Exton, Tasmania, Australia - 05 Feb 1961

Desmond King 1917 Roseville, New South Wales, Australia - 20 Oct 1942

Bruce Kingsbury 08 Jan 1918 Preston, Victoria, Australia - 29 Aug 1942

Sydney Kinsman 02 Jul 1921 Thebarton, South Australia, Australia - 15 Jun 2022

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Howard Kippenberger 28 Jan 1897 Ladbrooks, Canterbury, New Zealand - 05 May 1957

Edmund Kirby-Smith 09 Apr 1916 Sewanee, Franklin, Tennessee, United States - 03 Sep 1994

Edmund Kneen 02 Feb 1918 Waratah, New South Wales, Australia

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Alwyn Landon 16 Dec 1918 New Zealand - 03 Apr 2002

William Langstreth 03 Jul 1911 Clitheroe, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom - 23 Oct 1942

Patrick Lawry 1910s - 2000s

Kenneth Leane 08 Jul 1904 Mount Lawley, Western Australia, Australia - 1965

Gordon Leaney 04 Dec 1918 Milton, New South Wales, Australia - 21 Nov 1942

John Ledden 11 Apr 1911 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - 22 Apr 1972

Joseph Lenehan 30 Apr 1903 Hunters Hill, New South Wales, Australia

Peter Little 15 Aug 1916 Mount Gambier, South Australia, Australia

Charles Lloyd 02 Feb 1899 South Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia - 31 May 1956

Geoffrey Loder 14 Jul 1912 Queensland, Australia - 1966

John Lovegrove 11 May 1918 Loxton, South Australia, Australia - 05 Feb 1999

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Duncan MacIntyre 10 Nov 1915 Hastings, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand - 08 Jun 2001

Kenneth MacPherson 17 May 1918 Burwood, New South Wales, Australia - 18 Apr 1941

Clarence Maddocks 05 Mar 1916 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Clarence Maher 28 Jun 1906 New Zealand - 1979

Thomas Maher 28 May 1908 Deniliquin, New South Wales, Australia - 22 Dec 1994

Gwynne Mann 04 May 1914 Petersham, New South Wales, Australia - 28 Feb 1982

Percy Manusu 13 Sep 1915 Bowraville, New South Wales, Australia - 2003

Charles March 19 Nov 1918 Warwick, Queensland, Australia

Alan Mason 01 Apr 1916 Hillend, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom - 01 Apr 2001

James Matthews 11 Jan 1905 Scone, Perthshire, Scotland, United Kingdom - 22 Jan 1941

Hubert Mavay 07 Oct 1915 Tangan, Queensland, Australia

Robert Mayne 11 Jan 1915 Newtownards, Down, Ireland - 14 Dec 1955

Dudley McCarthy 24 Jul 1911 North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - 03 Oct 1987

James McCloy 29 Feb 1916 Paddington, New South Wales, Australia - 1967

Donald McCord 08 Jun 1921 Gawler, South Australia, Australia - 27 Oct 1943

Hugh McDonald 21 Apr 1916 Beaudesert, Queensland, Australia - 27 May 1942

Leslie McGrath 28 Aug 1923 Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia - 03 Aug 2011

Gideon Miller 23 May 1896 Lauder, Berwickshire, Scotland, United Kingdom - 11 Feb 1941

Stanley Miller 22 Jan 1906 Stanley, Tasmania, Australia - 22 Sep 1985

George (Monckton) Monckton Viscount Galway abt 13 Oct 1922 Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Canada

Robert Montgomery 02 Sep 1915 Coldstream, Brighton, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada - 23 Sep 2008

James Moody 30 Jan 1911 Brighton, Victoria, Australia - bef 10 Jan 1979

Herbert Moran 18 May 1917 Townsville, Queensland, Australia

Andrew Murray 25 Oct 1906 Walcha, New South Wales, Australia - 1979

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Gilbert Nathan 26 Nov 1917 Woollahra, New South Wales, Australia

Ronald Neil 06 Apr 1918 Eastwood, New South Wales, Australia - 15 Feb 1990

Owen Nettleship 28 Jul 1908 Petersham, New South Wales, Australia

Harold Norman 1919 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

John Norman 05 Sep 1915 Mitcham, South Australia, Australia - 1987

Robert Norman 30 Jan 1914 Maryborough, Queensland, Australia - 02 Apr 2007

Kenneth Northrop 26 Feb 1919 Cootamundra, New South Wales, Australia - 1981

Frank Norton 23 Dec 1895 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia - 11 Dec 1955

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Alfonso O'Reilly 03 Sep 1903 Kanimbla, New South Wales, Australia - 20 Jan 1975

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Robert Paine 16 Jan 1918 Kadina, South Australia, Australia - 14 Oct 1943

Edwin Paul 12 Oct 1903 Queensland, Australia - 22 Oct 1946

Stanley Percival 20 Nov 1911 Lithgow, New South Wales, Australia

Frederick Peters 17 Sep 1889 Charlottetown, Queens, Prince Edward Island, Canada - 13 Nov 1942

Albert Phillips 11 Nov 1918 Paddington, New South Wales, Australia

Leslie Pincham 26 May 1920 Glebe, New South Wales, Australia - 03 Nov 1974

Norman Pincham 20 Aug 1916 Glebe, New South Wales, Australia - 20 Feb 1976

Ernest Plenty 04 Jan 1912 Hindmarsh, South Australia, Australia - 23 Oct 1942

William Poole 08 Oct 1902 Caledon, Cape Colony, South Africa - 09 Mar 1969

Arnold Potts 16 Sep 1896 Peel, Isle of Man - 01 Jan 1968

Edward Powell 30 May 1917 Coraki, New South Wales, Australia

Claude Prior 19 Aug 1895 Boorowa, New South Wales, Australia - 16 Jun 1954

Colin Prior 12 Jun 1919 Eastwood, New South Wales, Australia - 09 Jun 2014

Adrian Prole 08 Mar 1915 Waihi, Hauraki, New Zealand - 24 Aug 2000

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Donald Rankin 30 May 1907 Warwick, Queensland, Australia - 1985

Enid Rayner 09 Sep 1905 Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia - 06 Mar 1985

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Vincent Rayner 03 Jan 1913 Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia - 06 Aug 1981

Keith Reeves 07 Mar 1918 Kyogle, New South Wales, Australia - 01 Jan 1998

Raymond Reeves 11 Nov 1917 Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia

Kenneth Ritchie 18 Jul 1921 Karori, Wellington, New Zealand - 02 Feb 2002

Charles Robertson abt 1903 Partick, Lanark, Scotland - 15 Nov 1944

George Robinson 06 Sep 1906 Waihi, Hauraki District, New Zealand - 28 Dec 1942

Wallace Robinson 03 Nov 1911 Waihi, Hauraki, Waikato, New Zealand - abt 20 Feb 1961

Graham Rockett 07 Nov 1912 Northam, Western Australia, Australia - 26 Apr 1985

Gordon Rodway 17 Aug 1917 Temora, New South Wales, Australia

Thomas Rogers 04 May 1915 Medlow Bath, New South Wales, Australia

William Ross 11 May 1915 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Charles Rowe 20 Jun 1917 Awatuna, Taranaki, New Zealand - 18 Jun 1991

John Russell 11 Nov 1904 Twyford, Hastings, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand - 06 Sep 1942

John Ryan 15 Jan 1903 Chetwynd, Victoria, Australia - 18 Sep 1964

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Alexander Sanderson 07 Mar 1908 Claremont, Western Australia, Australia - 23 Oct 1942

Brian Savage 05 May 1912 Blackwood, South Australia, Australia - 1980

Clive (Silberberg) Selby 17 Dec 1908 Elsternwick, Victoria, Australia - 21 Jul 1996

Alexander Simpson 01 Jan 1917 Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia - 1984

Archibald Simpson 01 Mar 1910 Plantation, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom - 20 Nov 1942

Douglas Simpson 10 Dec 1918 Singleton, New South Wales, Australia

Frederick Sing 02 Jul 1919 Manilla, New South Wales, Australia - 13 Jun 2017

Maria (Skarbek) Granville 01 May 1908 Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland - 15 Jun 1952

Richard Smallwood 08 Nov 1914 Norbury, Surrey, England, United Kingdom

Aubrey Smidt 1906 Casino, New South Wales, Australia - 19 Oct 1986

Ronald Smith 03 May 1910 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia - 07 Oct 1965

Harold Spedding 01 Oct 1912 Grafton, New South Wales, Australia - 27 Mar 1942

Allan Spowers 09 Jul 1892 South Yarra, Victoria (Australia) - 04 May 1968

John Stanley 15 Mar 1915 Strahan, Tasmania, Australia - 23 Apr 1977

Charles Stanton 27 Aug 1917 Canterbury, New South Wales, Australia - 22 May 1941

Leslie Starcevich 05 Sep 1918 Subiaco, Western Australia, Australia - 17 Nov 1989

Colin Starr 27 Oct 1917 Quorn, South Australia, Australia - 08 Apr 1974

Francis Statham 25 Jun 1916 Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia - 03 Dec 1999

Kenneth Stewart 03 May 1915 Risdon, Tasmania, Australia

Anthony Strettles 26 Sep 1913 Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom - 27 Feb 1943

Rockleigh Sudholz 30 Jan 1908 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia - 08 Aug 1942

John Sullivan 09 Feb 1915 Redfern, New South Wales, Australia - 17 Oct 1961

Edwin Swales 03 Jul 1915 Verulam, Inanda, Natal, South Africa - abt 23 Feb 1945

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Donald Tennent 13 May 1898 Surbiton, Surrey, England - 26 Aug 1981

Walter Tinsley 24 Dec 1898 Richmond, Victoria (Australia) - 21 Jun 1969

Edwin Tivey 10 Mar 1909 Malvern, Victoria, Australia - 25 Mar 1943

Cecil Traise 29 Apr 1914 Singleton, New South Wales, Australia

Frederick Treweeke 13 Aug 1912 Saint Leonards, New South Wales, Australia - 24 Oct 1942

David Turner 05 Jun 1920 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - 17 May 1941

Edward Tynan 03 May 1905 Petersham, New South Wales, Australia - 1977

Stanley (Tyquin) Savige 13 May 1918 Prahran, Victoria, Australia - 12 Apr 1980

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Charles Upham 21 Sep 1908 32 Gloucester Street, Christchurch, New Zealand - 22 Nov 1994

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Arnold Varnum 04 Mar 1917 Singleton, New South Wales, Australia - 19 Aug 1990

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Theodore Walker 14 Oct 1900 Richmond, Victoria (Australia) - 1971

George Watkins 06 Nov 1918 Kennington, Surrey, England, United Kingdom - 02 Jul 1987

Henry Wells 22 Mar 1898 Kyneton, Victoria (Australia) - 20 Oct 1973

Leslie West 21 Mar 1923 Balhannah, South Australia, Australia - 01 Nov 1942

Claude Weymouth 02 Jun 1918 Gumeracha, South Australia, Australia

John Williams 06 May 1919 Wellington, New Zealand - 29 Mar 1944

Sydney Williams 19 Jan 1915 Foxton, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand - 17 Mar 1944

Ronald Willmott 19 Apr 1911 Saint Leonards, New South Wales, Australia - 1979

Kenneth Wills 03 May 1896 Kent Town, South Australia (Australia) - 13 May 1977

Stanley Wilson 14 Jan 1920 Redfern, New South Wales, Australia - 1978

Maurice Wilton 1909 Woollahra, New South Wales, Australia - 1984

Henry Windeyer 31 Mar 1914 Hunter's Hill, New South Wales, Australia - 17 Oct 1941

Raymond Wood 15 Aug 1918 Camberwell, Surrey, England, United Kingdom - abt 21 Apr 2008

Alan Wright 22 May 1913 Summer Hill, New South Wales, Australia

Ronald Wyburn 14 Dec 1917 Quirindi, New South Wales, Australia

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