The next chapter from Bill.
My second story concerns a Defence Long Service
Medal. In this case while the enquiry came via the normal route
of Anzac House, the story of its successful conclusion is a little
different .
Here it was a case of Glyn riding
to the fore. From the time I emailed the
details of the medal until I received a reply was a little under 5
minutes of which only 34 seconds was actual research time, as Glyn has
oh so modestly informed me.
Saturday in
Melbourne was a cold and wet day and as you will read over the ensuing
days, the curse struck regularly. At present I am looking at the
results of it. However, in this case it was thanks to Rod Mills the
President of the Victorian Veteran Military Corps and his eagle eye,
who found the medal that set in chain the series of events that saw it
returned. Bob the ‘owner’ has promised to have the medal ‘fixed’, so
perhaps we have again defied the ‘curse’.
Last
weekend in Melbourne two families learned Murphy’s first and second
rule of dynamics, that if a pin looks weak, it is and if a medal ribbon is
frayed then it will not last.
This year for two families the lesson was free, the medals have ‘come home’.
(34 seconds Grr!!)
The returned medal tally is now 1662. Thanks to Roland for his assistance
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