John Sadler

Bear with me while I explain the connections here. 

My mate Gavin sent me an email recently connecting me with his brother David who had a set of WWII medal. Gavin is an Army officer who I spent 10 months of my life with in the Middle East. We were part of  US lead Coalition HQ and with a few other Australian officers we formed a Cabal of Colonels. A cabal suggests a group of power but we were more interested in being social outside of the confines of a dynamic and hardworking US Army Corps HQ. It did a lot for our moral to be talking to other Australians while enjoying coffee. It was Starbucks coffee but we didn't have much choice. We still catch up when we can. 

When David asked Gavin what he should do with some medal he had come across, Gavin connected David with me. I hope everyone was able to follow this.

The medals David had were awarded to 26424 John Norman Sadler who was in the RAAF. My initial research found a photo of John when he was in Libya.

Next I found John's daughter who I'll send the medals to in the near future.

Thanks Gav and David. The returned medal tally is now 2782.

 

WWII group of four - helping the Victorian Police find the family

Yesterday I received a message from a Sergeant in the Victorian Police. The officer also happens to be RSL sub-branch president. Through his work he received four WWII medals but through both avenues he was having a bit of trouble finding the family.

The medals were awarded to VX147741 Stanley Bartlett. I was able to find Stanley's great niece quite easily. I've now connected both side and the medals will be returned in the near future.   

The returned medal tally is now 2778.