LOST 3 ~ NZ ~ WW2: 1939 – 1945 & Post War: 1946 – Present

LOST ~ NEW ZEALAND

World War 2: 1939 – 1945  &  Post War: 1946 – Present

New additions ~ LOST medals

World War 2: 1939 – 1945

RNZN: War Medal 1939/45, NZ War Service Medal 1939/45; Korea Medal, United Nations Service Medal w/Clasp: KOREA 

STOLEN in CHCH, March 2022

2-NZEF:  28 (Maori) Battalion – Military Medal (MM)

RNZAF:  75 (NZ) Sqn RAF – 1939/45 Star, Aircrew Europe Star (w/France & Germany Clasp), Defence Medal, War Medal 1939/45, NZ War Service Medal + WW2 Memorial Cross (boxed) + Pilot’s Badge (Wings) + 2 x Log Books – refer also WW1 NZ above

RNZAF:  100 Sqn RAF – WW2 Memorial Cross – family has all other medal entitlements

SGT (2LT)

2-NZEF:  HQ 5 Field Regt – Military Cross (MC) + 1939/45 Star, Africa Star, Defence Medal, War Medal 1939/45, NZ War Service Medal

2-NZEF:  1939/45 Star, Africa Star, Italy Star, Defence Medal, War Medal 1939/45, NZ War Service Medal

SGT (Pilot)

RNZAF:  611 (Spitfire) Sqn, RAF – 1939/45 Star, Aircrew Europe Star, War Medal 1939/45, NZ War Service Medal + Memorial Cross

2-NZEF:  HQ Inf Bde; NZ Machine Gun Bn, Advanced Base – TWO x NZ Memorial Crosses – one Cross in its original case w/ribbon + Kings Letter; one Cross on a silver chain (no case) – both Crosses engraved with same name

2-NZEF:  37 Field Park Company, NZ Engineers, 2/NZ Div Engrs + 3/NZ Div Engrs (Pacific) + NZ Inf Reinfs (3rd Emb) – 1939/45 Star, Pacific Star, Italy Star, Defence Medal, War Medal 1939/45, NZ War Service Medal – medals court mounted and named 

RNZAF:  431 Sqn RCAF – 1939/45 Star, Aircrew Europe Star, Defence Medal, War Medal 1939/45, NZ War Service Medal + Memorial Cross

2-NZEF:  NZ Artillery (NZA), 14 Light AA Regt – 1939/45 Star, Italy Star, 1939/45 War Medal, NZ War Service Medal

Order of St John:  Knight of the  Order of St. John of Jerusalem (KStJ) 

2-NZEF:  NZ Artillery (NZA) –  Commander of the Order of St. John  (CStJ) + 1939/45 Star,  Defence Medal, War Medal 1939/45, NZWS Medal + Service Medal of Order of St. John (?# Bars)

2-NZEF:  Anti-Tank Bde – 1939/45 Star, Pacific Star,  War Medal 1939/45, NZWS Medal – named?

200856;  822536

2-NZEF:  NZ Army Nursing Service/Corps (NZANS-NZANC) – Royal Red Cross, 1st Class (RRC) – un-named

Frederick George 

2-NZEF:  26 (NZ) Bn – Military Cross (MC), 1942 – engraved with rank & name

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James Alexander 

2-NZEF:  NZ Army Service Corps (NZASC) – 1939/45 Star, Africa Star with Clasp: 8th ARMY; War Medal 1939/45, NZWS Medal

Amos Zuriel Aquila

2-NZEF:  HQ 35 (NZ) Bn – 1939/45 Star, Pacific Star,  Defence Medal, War Medal 1939/45, NZWS Medal

RNZAF:  75 (NZ) Sqn; 175 Pathfinder Force RAF – Distinguished Service Order (DSO), Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC), 1939/45 Star, Aircrew Europe Star, France & Germany Star, Defence Medal, War Medal 1939/45, NZWS Medal

2-NZEF; Infantry Brigade – 1939/45 Star, Pacific Star,  Defence Medal, War Medal 1939/45, NZWS Medal

2-NZEF; NZ Artillery Reinforcements – 1939/45 Star, Italy Star, Defence Medal, War Medal 1939/45,  NZWS Medal

Frederick Christensen 

NZ Army:  Home Service (TF) – War Medal 1939/45, NZWS Medal – all medals NAMED 

2-NZEF:  2nd Divisional Cavalry (2 DIV CAV) – 1939/45 Star, Africa Star (8th Army clasp), Defence Medal, War Medal 39/45, NZWS  Medal + Efficiency Decoration (ED) + Greek War Medal 1940-41.  A Sketch of L. M. Clark by NZ war artist Peter McIntyre, and a Diary named to Max Clark – lost in Nth Africa 1941, entries of service in Crete, the Diary had been returned to Max (84yrs) from Canada in 2004  

RNZAF:  109 (Pathfinder) Sqn RAF – Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) + 1939/45 Star, France & Germany Star, Defence Medal, War Medal 39/45, NZWS Medal + 2 x Flying Log Books – Medals were in a padded velvet maroon covered, off-white, satin-lined box; DFC in separate black leather box of issue was inside – all medals UN-NAMED.  Items were STOLEN by Chicago National Guardsmen occupying Mrs McGreal and daughter’s apartment in building on Chicago’s West Side, following Martin Luther King’s assassination in April 1968.  Items sought by daughter now living in NZ.

2-NZEF:  Royal Corps of NZ Military Police (RNZMP) – War Medal 1939/45, NZ War Service Medal, NZ Operational Service Medal, NZWS Medal 1946-49  (J-Force)

2-NZEF:  26 (Cant & Otago) Battalion, 2NZEF – Military Cross (MC), 1939/45 Star, Africa Star, War Medal 1939/45, NZWS Medal

RNZAF:  Att’d 90 Sqn RAF; 2nd TOD with 75 (NZ) Sqn, RAF – Distinguished Flying Medal (DFM), 1939/45 Star, Aircrew Europe Star (Clasp: France & Germany), Italy Star,  Defence Medal, War Medal 1939/45, NZWS Medal

2-NZEF:  23 (NZ) Infantry Battalion –  Memorial Cross

Frank George Andrew

RNZAF:  107 Sqn RAF – Memorial Cross (may be accompanied by WW2 medal group?)

Post War: 1946 – Present

LMF (Leading Marine Fitter)

RNZN: NZ Defence Service Medal (NZDSM) w/Clasp: REGULAR; Dept of Corrections:  NZ Corrections Long Service Medal + Silver Bar (Crown central) 

STOLEN in CHCH, March 2022

NZ: Royal Navy & RNZN: 1939/45 Star, Atlantic Star, 1939/45 War Medal, Defence Medal, NZWS Medal

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LAC-SGT

RNZAF:  General Service Medal 1918/62 (GSM) Clasp: MALAYA, RNZAF Long Service & Good Conduct Medal (LS&GC)

RAF:  Volunteer Reserve (RAFVR) RAF Servicing Commandos – Military Medal (Burma), 1939/45 Star, France & Germany Star, Burma Star, Defence Medal, 1939/45 War Medal

SAAF (Sth Africa):  SA South Korean War Service Medal + United States Distinguished Unit Citation.

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2LT (LT.COL)

NZ Army:  RNZ Artillery (RNZA), 1st NZ Army Training Team Vietnam (1-NZATTV) – NZ Operational Service Medal, Vietnam Medal, NZ General Service Medal – Warlike (Clasp: VIETNAM), Armed Forces Award, NZ Defence Service Medal (Clasp: REGULAR), Republic of South Vietnam Campaign Medal (Clasp: -1960)

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SAC-SGT

RNZAF: Long Service & Good Conduct (LS&GC) Medal

RAF:  General Service Medal 1962, Clasps: RADFAN and SOUTH ARABIA – Reunited May 2020

RNZAF:  5 Sqn: Air Force Cross (AFC) + NZ Operational Service Medal, Vietnam Campaign Medal, NZ General Service Medal ‘Warlike’ (GSM) – Clasp: VIETNAM,  Armed Forces Award (AFA), NZ Defence Service Medal – Clasp: REGULAR 

NZ Army:  RNZ Corps of Transport (RNZCT) –  Long Service & Good Conduct (LS&GC) Medal

NZ Army:  RNZIR attached 5 Movements Sqn, RNZAF – NZ Operational Service Medal, UNPROFOR (Bosnia), East Timor Medal, UNTAET (East Timor), NZ General Service Medal (Afghanistan – Primary), NZ Defence Service Medal – Clasp: REGULAR

RNZN:  HMNZS Rotoiti – Korea Medal, United Nations Medal for Korea, NZ Defence Service Medal –  Clasp: REGULAR, Republic of Korea War Service Medal

F/S (1) – CPL (2)

ATTWOOD (1) /  COLLINS (2)

RNZAF:   PTSU – NZ Operational Service Medal (1), East Timor Medal (1), UN East Timor (UNMISET) Medal, Long Service & Good Conduct (LS&GC) Medal + Bar (1), NZ Defence Service Medal – Clasp: REGULAR (2)

NZ Army:  NZ Operational Service Medal, NZ General Service Medal (Afghanistan – Primary), NATO (Non-Article 5) Service Medal, NZ Defence Service Medal – Clasp: REGULAR

EVERLEIGH

NZ Army:  RNZ Army Ordnance Corps (RNZAOC), Log Spt Elem (LSE) att to 161 Bty, RNZA – NZ Operational Service Medal, Korea Medal, NZ General Service Medal 1992 (Clasp: VIETNAM), Vietnam Medal, NZ Army Long Service & Good Conduct Medal, NZ Defence Service Medal – Clasp: REGULAR, United Nations Service Medal (Korea), Republic of Korea War Service Medal, South Vietnam Campaign Medal

NZ Army:  2/1 Bn, RNZIR – NZ Operational Service Medal, East Timor Medal, NZ Defence Service Medal – Clasp: REGULAR + Chief of Army Commendation Ribbon (badge)

NZ Army:  RNZ Artillery (RNZA) – NZ Operational Service Medal + ?

RNZAF:  Medic – Pair of Military Identity / Dog-Tags impressed with: Number, Rank, Initials, Surname, Blood Group, Service, Religious Denomination

NZ Army:  RNZIR – NZ Operational Service Medal, General Service Medal 1918/1962 – Clasp: BORNEO, NZ Defence Service Medal – Clasp: REGULAR, Pingat Jasa Malaysia Medal

NZ Customs Service – NZ  Customs Service Medal + Clasp on ribbon, in case of issue.

RNZ Corps of Signals (Kayforce) – United Nations Service Medal – Clasp: KOREA –  KOREA Medal recoivered

Civilian:  Member of ME Order of NZ Ordnance Corps (NZOC), British Empire (Civil).  1950s ladies award, mounted on a bow of medal ribbon in  black box of issue – marked MBE on the lid.  Also contains photograph of recipient receiving award from EIIR in 1950s – un-named

DET.INSP & DET.CH/INSP 

NZ Police:  Retired – Pre-1976 issue Long Service & Good Conduct Medal – impressed date 1972.  Post-1976 issue Long Service & Good Conduct Medal with TWO Clasps: 21 YEARS and 28 YEARS – impressed date 1978.