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Africa Star

The Africa Star was awarded for service in any operational area in North-Africa between June 10th 1940 (the day of Italy's entry into the war) and May 12th 1943 (the end of hostilities in North-Africa) or the Mediterranean. The badge is a six-pointed star with the Royal Cipher GRI-VI in the centre surmounted by a crown above the inscription: The Africa Star. The ribbon is 1.25" wide and coloured pale buff with a vertical broad scarlet stripe and a narrow stripe of dark blue to the left and one of light blue to the right of the central stripe; the buff representing the desert, the other colors the three armed services.
Bars were awarded to personnel of 8Th Army, 1st Army and for service in North-Africa 1942-1943; the emblems were the digit 8 for 8th Army from October 23rd 1942 to December 5th 1943 and the digit 1 for 1st Army from November 8th to December 31st 1942 or from January 1st to December 5th 1943. A silver rosette was worn by personnel of HQ 18th AG who were not eligible for the first two bars.

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Kania, Wojciech* April 1st, 1912
† May 5th, 1991

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Karnicki, Borys* September 25th, 1907
† February 15th, 1985

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Kean, Edmund Henry* June 3rd, 1909
† June 30th, 1977

Kelly, John Gordon Christie* September 29th, 1916

Kenneally, John Patrick* March 15th, 1921
† September 27th, 2000

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Kennedy, Patrick Ascension* May 15th, 1917
† May 2nd, 2010

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Kent, John Alexander* June 23rd, 1914
† October 7th, 1985

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Keyes, Geoffry Charles Tasker* May 18th, 1917
† November 18th, 1941
Plot: 7 Row: D Grave: 5

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Kibby, William Henry* April 15th, 1903
† October 31st, 1942
Plot: XVI Row: A Grave: 18

Kingsbury, Bruce Steel* January 8th, 1918
† August 29th, 1942
Plot: C6 Row: E Grave: 1

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Kingstone, James Joseph "Joe"* August 26th, 1892
† September 20th, 1966

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Kirkman, John Sidney* September 13th, 1920
† March 10th, 1987

Klopotowski, Andrzej* September 8th, 1917
† September 13th, 2004

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Kumaramangalam, Paramasiva Pranhakar* July 1st, 1913
† March 13th, 2000

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