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QSA (0) (C. F. Brandes. C.G.R.)

Served as an Assistant Carriage Foreman supervising and erecting Hospital Trains.

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QSA (0) Mr. T. H. Garry. Imp: Mil: Rly:);
British War and Victory Medals (237901 Spr. T. Garry. R.E.)

Possibly a family group.

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QSA (0) (Mr. W. Kemery. Natal Govt: Rlys:);
1914-15 Star (Spr. W. Kemery S.A.E.C.);
British War and Bilingual Victory Medals (Spr. W. Kemery S.A.E.C.)

Walter Kemery was born in Bathford, Somerset, on 20 June 1878 and in 1896 was employed by the Great Western Railways in the Goods Department at Bristol Railway Station. Subsequently emigrating to South Africa, he was employed by the Natal Government Railways in Durban, and served during the Boer War as a Fireman with the Locomotive Department of the N.G.R., working supply trains between Standerton and Elandsfontein in the Transvaal.

He saw further during the Great War with “C” Company, South African Engineering Corps in German South West Africa, and died in Durban on 3 November 1954.

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QSA (0) (J. Ferrier. C.G.R.)

J. Ferrier was employed as a Ganger with the Cape Government Railways, and was awarded the QSA for patrolling the line within the zone of fire.