General Service Medal 1918-62. EIIR issue with clasp 'Malaya' (PK007814 HG. Ismail B. Hassan Malaya HG.)

Ismail Bin Hassan (Ismail son of Hassan) was by ethnicity a Malay, who held the Home Guard (HG), while serving with the Malaya Home GuardArmed with 'Shotguns', the multi-ethnic Malaya Home Guard, played a key role during the period of 'Emergency' in Malaya, during which an estimated 250,000served in the Home GuardQualifying criteria for award of the GSM Malaya to Home Guards was different from the award criteria applied for British Army personnel. For locally enlisted Home Guards, the start date was for personnel in 'Operational Sections' from the 3rd May, 1952. The Qualifying criteria was 720 Hours aggregated operational service 'after' first having been resident in an 'operational area' for a period of at least three months since passing out from their enrolment & trainingCondition: About EF