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Military Orders and Medals, Campaign Groups and Pairs, The Emotive Northern Ireland, Iraq, Kosovo, Afghanistan wounded by a Sniper outside Basra Palace group of five, awarded to Corporal Jope Tikoisuva, 1st Battalion Royal Green Jackets/2nd Battalion The Rifles, who was shot by a sniper whilst escorting a BBC Film Crew to Basra Palace on the 8th February 2007, whilst the Battalion was deployed on Telic 9, comprising: General Service Medal, 1962-2007, one clasp, Northern Ireland (24145127 Rfn J U Tikoisuva RGJ); Iraq Medal (Operation Telic), no clasp (24145127 Rfn J U Tikoisuva RGJ); NATO Service Medal, clasp Non Article 5, unnamed as issued; Operational Service Medal 2000, one clasp Afghanistan (Cpl J U Tikoisuva Rifles 2415127); Diamond Jubilee Medal 2012, unnamed as issued, very fine, OSM lightly toned, court mounted for wear (5)
Sold with a Battalion photograph of the 1st Battalion Royal Green Jackets in Kosovo in 2005 and photocopied Record of Service and Certificate of Service.
'I was shot through the left arm by a sniper, the bullet broke my arm bone, the bullet shattered and came out through my arm pit and punctured my left lung, there's a video on You Tube' Joe Tikoisuva 22nd August 2017
Jope Uluibau Tikoisuva (Joe) was born in Fiji and came to England in 2001. He joined the Royal Green Jackets on the 18th February 2002, and was promoted to Lance Corporal on the 12th September 2008 and Corporal on the 8th November 2013. He served with 1 Platoon 'A' Company 1st Battalion Royal Green Jackets in Northern Ireland in 2004 and twice in Kosovo in 2005 and 2008. He served on Operation Telic 9 (Iraq November 2006, May 2007, but his tour was cut short when a sniper wounded him outside Basra Palace in Iraq after his patrol had escorted a BBC film crew there. The 7.92 bullet passed through his upper arm, shattering as it broke his humerus. The bullet fragments then exited his arm and penetrated his left chest collapsing his lung. He was evacuated from theatre to the Queen Elizabeth Military Hospital, Birmingham.
Tikoisuva served three tours of duty in Afghanistan with the 2nd Battalion the Rifles on Herrick,(9 (November 2008 to April 2009), Herrick 15 (November 2011 to April 2012, and Herrick 20 (June 2014 to December 2014). He was discharged from the Army on the 14th April 2016.
There is a 'YouTube' video at Telic 9 'A' Coy, which shows footage from the Operations in which Joe was wounded and film of him in hospital with his brother, also a Green Jacket.
(2000-2200 GBP)
Sold with a Battalion photograph of the 1st Battalion Royal Green Jackets in Kosovo in 2005 and photocopied Record of Service and Certificate of Service.
'I was shot through the left arm by a sniper, the bullet broke my arm bone, the bullet shattered and came out through my arm pit and punctured my left lung, there's a video on You Tube' Joe Tikoisuva 22nd August 2017
Jope Uluibau Tikoisuva (Joe) was born in Fiji and came to England in 2001. He joined the Royal Green Jackets on the 18th February 2002, and was promoted to Lance Corporal on the 12th September 2008 and Corporal on the 8th November 2013. He served with 1 Platoon 'A' Company 1st Battalion Royal Green Jackets in Northern Ireland in 2004 and twice in Kosovo in 2005 and 2008. He served on Operation Telic 9 (Iraq November 2006, May 2007, but his tour was cut short when a sniper wounded him outside Basra Palace in Iraq after his patrol had escorted a BBC film crew there. The 7.92 bullet passed through his upper arm, shattering as it broke his humerus. The bullet fragments then exited his arm and penetrated his left chest collapsing his lung. He was evacuated from theatre to the Queen Elizabeth Military Hospital, Birmingham.
Tikoisuva served three tours of duty in Afghanistan with the 2nd Battalion the Rifles on Herrick,(9 (November 2008 to April 2009), Herrick 15 (November 2011 to April 2012, and Herrick 20 (June 2014 to December 2014). He was discharged from the Army on the 14th April 2016.
There is a 'YouTube' video at Telic 9 'A' Coy, which shows footage from the Operations in which Joe was wounded and film of him in hospital with his brother, also a Green Jacket.
(2000-2200 GBP)