14 June 2025

WWII POW

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This group of four medals does little to tell the story of NX29241 Staff Sergeant Jack Powell . Even his service record is thin on detail ab...
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13 May 2025

Australian Defence Medal for service in the Vietnam War era

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Quite a bit of mental gymnastics were needed to get to a solution with this search.  This Australian Defence Medal came to me via the wonder...
09 April 2025

International Force East Timor medal

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I'm sure this story will strike a cord with my RAInf friends. Jason Lindgren was a rifleman with  2 RAR  when his battalion deployed to ...
01 April 2025

Early WWII enlistee

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As soon as I saw service number of this solider, it didn't surprise me the reverse of stars in this medal group were un-named. Individua...
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08 February 2025

Jackie Trotter post 2

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Shortly after I posted the story of Jackie Trotter , I received an message from Dan J which read: Hi Glyn, Great story about Trotter. I have...
22 January 2025

Jackie Trotter

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I recently received a message from Neil L a retired Royal Australian Navy veteran who had several medals he was keen to have returned to fam...
20 December 2024

AASM for East Timor

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It never fails to amaze me what turns up in the post. I recently received a package with no return address but there was an unsigned note as...
08 December 2024

Multiple family connections

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This return stated with a message from Allison and ended having followed a path I would never have expected.  Allison's original message...
30 October 2024

Back to the family, the long way

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This is not the first time I've had this set of circumstances occur but it is nice to have a positive solution. The 1914-15 Star and Bri...
01 October 2024

WWII medals with an interesting connection

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This is the last of the medals from the recent package sent to me by the Directorate of Honours and Awards. Several of the other groups from...
18 September 2024

WWII medals and original box

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There is not much of a story about the actual medals awarded to NX7812 Robert James Edward Anderson . The real story is what happened in the...
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14 September 2024

WWI and WWII service

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The next medal to be returned that came out of the Directorate of Honours and Awards package is the British War Medal awarded to 3394 Sydney...
11 September 2024

WWI Military Medal

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This medal was another surprise that came out of the recent package I received from the Directorate of Honours and Awards. The surprise bein...
10 September 2024

WWII group plus a bit more

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