KING'S AFRICAN RIFLES LONG SERVICE AND GOOD CONDUCT, G.VI.R. (ZBK 9916 C.S.M. Mateyu Longwe, K.A.R.), edge bruising and contact wear, about very fine

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KING'S AFRICAN RIFLES LONG SERVICE AND GOOD CONDUCT, G.VI.R. (ZBK 9916 C.S.M. Mateyu Longwe, K.A.R.), edge bruising and contact wear, about very fine

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Company Sergeant-Major Mateyu Longwe, an Atonga tribesman, originally enlisted in the King's African Rifles during the course of the Great War and was wounded while serving with the 2/1st Battalion in early September 1918. He remained a Regular until being discharged in June 1929, but re-enlisted at Zomba, Nyasaland for the duration of hostilities in October 1940, his Service Record showing further entitlement to an Africa Star and War Medal 1939-45.