These three medals were awarded to NX50855 Vincent Sullivan Murray. I suspect that the War Medal is missing from the group as the ribbon for this medal is in the original packaging Vincent received. This entitlement is confirmed in his service record.
Vincent did marry after the War, however, he divorced and did not have any children. On his enlistment papers, Vincent listed his brother William as his NOK. William had a daughter and through this family line I was able to contact Vincent's great nephew.
The medals came to me anomalously. The donor found them when the house of a hoarder was cleaned out. This kind person contacted the Directorate of Honours and Awards who passed on my details. Vincent's medals were saved from being thrown in a skip and will now be sent to his family.
I've included a picture of Vincent from his service record. Of note is that the 1939-45 Star is engraved, rather than impressed. A reference book I have note that hand engraving occurred in the 1970 when stars that were originally issued as blank were returned for official naming.
The retuned medal tally is now 2991.
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