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Four buttons, Johore Volunteer Rifles, 1940 (c). Worn by W Gordon Stewart (1893-1971). Round, made of gilt metal with the intertwined letters ‘J.V.R’ on a smooth face, and a rope design on the edge. Stewart worked in the Public Works Department (Colonial Service) and was captured by the Japanese at Singapore, 1942.

Singapore, Fall of, 1942 (World War Two, Far East 1941-1945)