Queens South Africa Medal clasp Defence of Kimberley (PTE. P. COLIN. KIMBERLEY TOWN GD.); 1914-15 Star (PTE. P. COLIN. 7TH INFANTRY.); British War Medal (PTE. P. COLIN. S.A.V.R.); Victory Medal (PTE. P. COLIN. 7TH INFANTRY.); Kimberley Mayor's Star hallmarked "a" - unnamed as awarded.
Peter Colin was born in the Cape Colony of South Africa on 7 June 1878. He was a Locomotive Driver on the De Beers Kimberley Diamond Mine when the Anglo Boer War broke out and was in the Siege of Kimberley as a member of No. III Section, K Company of the Town Guard.
He was Wounded in Action (shell splinters) between 10 and 13 January 1900 - "on the 10th January the Boers increased their rate of shelling and this signalled a more active approach from them." Colin was, no doubt, a casualty of this increased activity.
Having survived the siege the Town Guard was disbanded and the men returned to their civil employment. Colin married at Kimberley on 23 November 1893 and put up his hand for service in WWI, enlisting on 7 October 1914 with the 2nd Kimberley Regiment (7th Infantry) in German South West Africa with number 572 and the rank of Private. He served with them until 13 August 1915 before transferring to the South African Veteran's Regiment on 3 September 1915. He served with the SAVR until discharged on 2 November 1915 and saw no further action in the war.
His address on discharge was 10 Short St, De Beers, Kimberley.
Colin's passed away in Nigel, Transvaal on 4 September 1958 from Rheumatic Myocarditis and is buried in the Nigel New Cemetery.
Medals are in good condition unless indicated otherwise. Sold with some research. See C1003195 for son's medals
