WW2 C.B.E GROUP, BRIGADIER TOBIN, 3/2nd PUNJAB REGIMENT & R.A.O.C, M.I.D BURMA 1944

2nd Type C.B.E on a military ribbon, 1939-45 Star, Burma Star, 1939-45 War Medal with M.I.D Oakleaf, WW2 India Service Medal, British & UN Korea pair & EIIR 1st type G.S.M 1918-1962 With Malaya Clasp
To- LT.COL.C.J.TOBIN.C.B.E.STAFF (Korea)
& COL.C.J.TOBIN.C.B.E.STAFF. (GSM)
Cornelius Joseph Tobin was born in to a military family in India 28-10-1910 & returned to the UK at the age of 5. He was educated at Carlisle Grammar school & upon leaving at the age of 16 went in to the oil industry & also had a short spell in the Merchant Navy. He enlisted as a surveyor with the Royal Artillery & trained at Sandhurst. He was commissioned in to the 2nd Punjab Regiment in 1935 & served on the Khyber pass. He spent most of WW2 as a Colonel with 33 corps in Burma & was M.I.D for services in Burma in 1944. He finished the war as a Brigadier & was awarded the C.B.E in 1945 whilst director of supplies in Burma. He served as a staff officer in both Korea & Malaya & finally retired in 1961. He returned to work in the oil industry & finally retired in 1975. He was acting president of the Ordnance in India association & president of the Galloway & upper Nithsdale conservative & unionist association. He passed away in Scotland 21-4-1998.
GVF/NEF & Court mounted for wear. Both the reverse of the ribbons on the group & the ribbon of the C.B.E have old glue residue to the reverse having once been housed in a frame.
Complete with basic research & London gazette details. Along with a copy of the recipients obituary from the Scottish Herald newspaper.

Code: 55887