A scarce seen South African Nurse's Second World War campaign medal group of 6: Nursing Sister A. M. Balne, South African Military Nursing Service

- The 1939-45 Star. No clasp (316509 A. M. Balne)
- The Africa Star. No clasp (316509 A. M. Balne)
- The Italy Star (316509 A. M. Balne)
- Defence Medal (316509 A. M. Balne)
- War Medal (316509 A. M. Balne)
- Union of South Africa: Africa Service Medal (316509 A. M. Balne)

The medals are all officially impressed South African issues struck at the Pretoria Mint

Audrey Muriel Balne, only daughter of Joseph William Balne (Clerk, South African Railways) and Amy Mary Balne, was a native of South Africa, where she was born in 1915. Audrey had a younger sibling brother, Ronald Holenby Balne who was born in Johannesburg, South Africa on, 15 August 1919. Audrey was already a qualified nurse, when she volunteered for overseas service with the Union Defence Force. Audrey was posted to the South African Military Nursing Service, and served at 4 (South African) General Hospital, Buscelli; 5 (South African) General Hospital, Helmieh; 101 (Non-European) (South African) General Hospital, Tahag; and 102 (South African) Combined General Hospital, Egypt and Italy. After returning to South Africa and taking her discharge from the South African Army, Audrey resumed her professional civilian nursing career, and became a General Ward Nursing Sister, in Cape Town. Sadly, Audrey is recorded to have died in Cape Town due to breast cancer on, 15 July 1954. At the time of her death, Audrey was just 39 years of age, and had, prior to her death, been living with her parents at the family residence located at:

7 Edinburgh Close Pinelands
Cape Town
Western Cape
South Africa

The medals never mounted and retaining their clean lengths of silk medal ribands as issued

A scarce and desirable Second World War medal group to a South African nurse

Condition: GVF

Code: 25972