WWII group plus a bit more

This group was an interesting one to research. Once again it is from the Directorate of Honours and Awards package Donna sent me. 

The medals were awarded to Stanley Victor Charles. He served in WWII and was awarded the usual medals for someone who served in the Pacific. Following WWII he served in the newly formed Australian Regular Army (ARA) with the number 31354. 

It was for this post WWII service he was awarded two other medals which what makes this group interesting. The first is the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal with Australia clasp, the ERII version. Hand engraving is used to name this medal which also includes 'ARA' after the name. I've not seen this style before. 

The second medal is the Meritorious Service Medal (Australia), also the ERII version.

Because Stanley served post WWII, his service record is not freely available yet, so it is difficult to know exactly what his service comprised of. 

I found Stanly on an Ancestry tree and the tree owner responded very quickly to my message. This piece of research took about 15 minutes to get a result.

The returned medal tally is now 2915.