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LOST ~ WORLDWorld War 1: 1914 – 1920 & Interwar: 1921 – 1938New additions ~ LOST medals ~ Reunited with Family Member |
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World War 1: 1914 – 1920 |
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S/11122 |
PTE | Wilfred | FINLAYSON |
UK: 9Bn, Royal Highlanders (Black Watch) – Victory Medal. Medals were in NZ (Dunedin) in possession of now dec son. |
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X |
CAPT | Ernest Adolphus | DE LA MARE |
CAN: Canadian Army Service Corps (CASC), CEF – 1914/15 Star. Lived in NZ from 1924. |
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X |
LT | Arthur Frederick | HALSTEAD |
UK: 15 Battalion, The Rifle Brigade (att’d 1st Bn, Royal Dublin Fusiliers) – 1914/15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal + Memorial Plaque & Scroll. |
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157944 |
LT | Stuart | OSBORN, MC (mid) |
UK: Royal Garrison Artillery (RGA) – Military Cross (MC), British War Medal, Victory Medal w/MiD. |
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1640 (TF); 132396 |
PTE – SPR | Andrew | NELSON |
UK: 185th Tunnelling Company, Royal Engineers (RE) – 1914/15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal. Memorial Plaque reunited May 2024. MP found in Westport, medal Trio may also be in NZ. |
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LT | Reginald Wheeler | DOBSON, MC |
UK: 278 Battery, West Lancashire Bde, Royal Field Artillery (RFA) – Military Cross (MC), 1914/15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal. |
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Fleet Surgeon | James | TRIMBLE R.N. |
UK: HMS Jumna, Royal Navy – Egypt Medal (undated, no clasp) & Khedives Star (1884). |
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Staff Nurse (VAD) | Judith Mary | OSBORN (marr Trimble) |
UK: Red Cross – British War Medal, Victory Medal |
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03-1447 |
PTE | Allan M. | BLACK |
UK: Army Ordnance Corps (AOC) –BWM found in Porirua. |
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M2-053330 NZ403246 |
PTE – LAC (Dvr) | John [Hugh] | McPHERSON |
UK: WW1: 2nd Auxiliary Bus Company, Army Service Corps (ASC). WW2: Home Service, RNZAF Motor Transport – 1914/15 Star – BWM & VM found in NSW, reunited Dec 2023. |
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M2/155874 |
PTE/DVR | Hubert Joseph | OGDEN |
UK: Army Service Corps – Victory Medal. |
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1479 |
PTE | Thomas | MURRAY |
AUST: 1st (Infantry) Battalion, A.I.F. – 2nd Reinfs – 1914/15 Star and Victory Medal. |
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91539 |
PTE | Harry | JACKSON |
UK: Heavy Machine Gun Corps, att Tank Corps – British War Medal, Victory Medal. |
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3355 |
PTE | James | AFFLECK |
AUST: 52nd (Infantry) Battalion, 1st A.I.F. – 9th Reinfs; 49th (Inf) Battalion – 1914/15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal. See also LOST ~ NZ: WW1 |
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244066 |
SIG | Edward | KNOWLES |
UK: Royal Navy – Victory Medal. |
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7635; 419754 |
PTE | Joseph | GILBERTSON |
UK: Prince of Wales Own (West Yorkshire) Regt; Labour Corps – 1914/15 Star & Victory Medal. |
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9449; 104683 |
A.M. (A.M.3) – Air Mechanic | Cecil Courtenay | BEDFORD |
UK: RAF – British War Medal & Victory Medal. |
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190008 |
DVR | George H. | MORRIS |
UK: Royal Artillery (RA) & Merchant Marine Service – British War Medal (medal may be impressed to G. MORRIS R.A. or G.H. MORRIS R.A.). |
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11593, 265971 |
PTE | George | THIRD |
UK: Gordon Highlanders – 1914/15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal. Lost in South Island, NZ. |
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112765 |
GNR | Ernest Victor | GRATTON |
UK: Royal Field Artillery (RFA) – British War Medal 1914/18 – VM found. |
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445, 608325 |
DVR (TF) – SJT | Edgar Horace | DEACON |
UK: BERKS Royal Horse Artillery (RHA) (T); Royal Artillery (Royal Field Artillery & RHA); 2/1 West Riding RHA – British War Medal 1914/18, Victory Medal, Territorial Force War Medal 1914/19 + UK Silver War Badge (SWB) #481706. Medals were taken to Hampton Hill Primary School, Tawa, Wellington by 6 yr old child circa 1975-76. The medals did not return home with the child. |
| 3/2256 | PTE | Albert Victor | BRITTON |
UK: 2nd Essex Regiment – 1914/15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal – medals stolen fm family home in NZ; Police File no available. |
| 136058 | SPR – SGT | William | HOMER, MSM |
UK: 183rd Tunneling Company, Royal Engineers (RE) – Meritorious Service Medal (MSM) + 1914/15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
| 99767 | GNR (BDR) | John Campbell | NOONAN, MM |
UK: WW1: D/47, Royal Field Artillery Bde – WW1: 1914/15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal – Military Medal (MM) found. NZ: WW2: HQ, 22 (NZ) Bn, 2NZEF – Family have all WW2 medals. Resident of New Plymouth fm 1954 until death in 1971. |
| 4413 | L/CPL | Leslie Richard | ENGLISH |
AUST: 24th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force (AIF) – British War Medal & Victory Medal |
| 821 | PTE | Francis William | SLEDGE |
AUST: 8th Battalion – Australian Imperial Force (AIF) – 1914/15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal + Memorial Plaque & Scroll + ANZAC Commemorative Medallion |
| 5137 | PTE | Jack # – b John Ormsby, Dunedin |
SULLIVAN |
AUST: 56th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force (AIF) – 1914/15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal + Memorial Plaque & Scroll + ANZAC Commemorative Medallion + Female Relatives Badge + Mother’s & Widow’s Badge/Ribbon (1 Star) + any documents. (MRNZ Director’s gt-grandfather) |
| 2111 | PTE-SGT | Benjamin b Benjamin William, Auckland | BATESON +** |
AUST: 20th Battalion, A.I.F (4th Reinforcements) – 1914/15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal – see also NZ – WW2 for associated medals |
| 17460 | SJT | Albert | POLE, MM*+ Bar |
UK: Royal Scots Regt (R.Scots.) – Military Medal & Bar (MM*) – family have WW1 medals Trio. |
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4842 DA; NZD 2370 |
DKHD (Deck Hand) – AB |
Leonard | FINDLAY, DSM**+ 2 Bars + Medale Militaire (Fra) |
UK & NZ: Royal Navy & NZ Division (RN-NZ Div) – Distinguished Service Medal (DSM**Bars) + 1914/15 Star, British War Medal & Victory Medal + Medalle Militaire (France) |
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1075, 426014 |
DVR (A/2nd CPL) | James | OWEN, MM |
UK: Royal Engineers (RE) – Military Medal (MM) + 1914/15 Star, British War Medal & Victory Medal |
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CPL (Hon. Chaplain & CAPT) |
Allan Kenneth | MAGNER, MM |
CANADA: Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) – 1914/15 Star, British War Medal & Victory Medal – family have Military Medal (MM). |
| 9355 | PTE | Philip | MAYO |
UK: 2nd Manchester Regt (2. Man) – 1914/15 Star, British War Medal & Victory Medal |
| 23006 | PTE | Anthony | DEVLIN |
UK: West Yorkshire Regt. (W.Yorks) – British War Medal & Victory Medal. BOER War – QSA reunited, Cumberland England 2017. |
| 925406 | DVR | William Thomas | BRETT |
UK: Royal Field Artillery (RFA) – 1914/15 Star, British War Medal & Victory Medal – other service numbers which may be impressed on the medals are: 885 or 1148 |
| 16/803 (16803) | RFLM | Robert | UPTON |
UK: Royal Irish Rifles (RIR) – 1914/15 Star, British War Medal & Victory Medal |
| 1738 | PTE | John William | COOPER |
AUST: 9th & 49th Bns, AIF – British War Medal & Victory Medal |
| 59462 | PTE | Thomas | RAWCLIFFE |
UK: 5th Welsh Regt – British War Medal & Victory Medal |
| 18/165 | DA or D/HD | Joseph | LARDNER |
UK: Royal Navy Reserve (RNR) – British War Medal – family have VM. |
| 73679 | BDR | Ernest | LYNN, MM |
UK: 27th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (27 Bde. RFA) – Military Medal (MM) + 1914 (‘Mons’) Star, British War Medal & Victory Medal + NZ: WW2 – 1939/45 War Medal, NZWS Medal |
| T4-244168 | A/SJT | James | DALE, MSM |
UK: Army Service Corps (ASC) – Meritorious Service Medal (MSM) + British War Medal & Victory Medal |
| 81464 | PTE | Harold | GERKE |
UK: Machine Gun Corps (MGC) – British War Medal & Victory Medal |
| 40870 | PTE | Henry | BAKER |
UK: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers (R.Innis.Fus.) – British War Medal & Victory Medal + WW2: 1939/45 Star, Pacific Star, Defence Medal & War Medal 1939/45 |
| 2109 | PTE | Andrew | ANDERSON |
AUST: 6th Bn – 6th Reinfs, Australian Imperial Force (AIF) – 1914/15 Star, British War Medal & Victory Medal |
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175089, 9165 |
PTE | John | QUIGLEY |
UK: Worcestershire Regt. (Wor. Regt) – India General Service Medal (IGSM) – Clasps: AFGHANISTAN, N.W. FRONTIER + British War Medal & Victory Medal |
| 10565 | SJT | William Holden | THOMPSON |
UK: Scots Guards (Scot. Gds) – British War Medal & Victory Medal |
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822550, 886742 |
CK (Cook) | Alfred George |
SCAPENS |
NZ: Merchant Marine Service – British War Medal & Mercantile Marine Medal – medals impressed to “Alfred G. Scapens” |
| X | ENGR | James Fletcher | DICKSON |
UK: Merchant Navy (UK) – Mercantile Marine Medal – medals impressed to “James F. Dickson” – family have BWM . |
| R/869 | L/SMN | William Francis | CODDE, MM |
UK: Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (RNVR), Hood Bn – Military Medal (MM) + British War Medal & Victory Medal |
| 82 | L/CPL | Archibald | FERGUSON |
AUST: 6th Bn, Australian Imperial Force (AIF) – 1914/15 Star & Victory Medal – family have BWM. |
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272420, WR/506324 |
CPL | Edwin George | ANNING ** son, see WORLD – WW2 |
UK: Royal Engineers (RE) – British War Medal & Victory Medal + Identity Tags |
| 817 (1.DLI) & 4687 (2.SAI) | PTE | William Leishman | MITCHELL |
STH AFRICA: 1st Durban Light Infantry Regt (1.DLI) – 1914/15 Star; 2nd South African Inf Regt (2.SAI) – British War Medal & Victory Medal + Silver War Badge (SWB) #5447 (# may be prefixed with SA) + King’s Service Certificate #5272 + any associated ephemera |
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196821; 135916; 186518 |
2 A.M. (Aircraft Mech, Class 2) |
William Thomas | BROWN |
UK: Royal Flying Corps (RFC), 103 Sqn – British War Medal & Victory Medal |
| 22799 | PTE | Harry | SAWYER |
UK: Yorkshire Regt (Yorks) – 1914/15 Star, British War Medal & Victory Medal |
| 2234 | PTE | Robert Ellis | HATRICK * – see brother NZ – WW1 |
AUST: 15th Bn, Australian Imperial Force (AIF) – 1914/15 Star, British War Medal & Victory Medal + Memorial Plaque & Scroll |
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356031, 4381 |
PTE | Herbert William | EVANS |
UK: 1st Battalion/10th (1/10) King’s (Liverpool) Regt. (KLR) – British War Medal & Victory Medal |
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15964, 29736 |
CPL-L/SGT |
Thomas Stroud | HUTT |
UK: Formerly 2/G. Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry (Ox. & Bucks. L. I.); Somerset (Prince Albert’s) Light Infantry (Som.L.I.) – 1914/15 Star (15964), British War Medal & Victory Medal (29736) + Memorial Plaque & Scroll |
| 3351 | L/CPL | William Sendall |
STREETER |
AUST: 44th Bn, Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F) – British War Medal & Victory Medal + Memorial Plaque & Scroll – see also Boer War – World |
| 163808 | PTE | William | CHALMERS |
CANADA: Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) 84 & 75 Bns – British War Medal & Victory Medal (29736) + Memorial Plaque & Scroll + Identity Tags, Certificate of Service, 84th Battalion lapel pin & photograph of Pte. Chalmers in uniform |
| 11285 | PTE | James |
HUTCHON |
UK: 1st King’s Own Scottish Borderers (1/KOSB) – 1914/15 Star, British War Medal & Victory Medal + Memorial Plaque & Scroll |
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CAPTN (Master Mariner – not incl on medal) ; Initial (or 1st name) & Last names only |
Thomas | FAULKNER |
UK: Merchant Marine Service – Mercantile Marine Medal – BWM reunited, Staffordshire, England Sep 2018. |
| 2/R-B/28 | SSTR (Sister) |
Sylvia Daisy (b Daisy Sylvia MORRELL, Yorks) |
BROWN – Matron of Nelson Hospital, 1920-1937 |
UK: Queen Alexandria’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve (QAIMNSR) – Victory Medal – BWM reunited Jun 2018. Original VM requested to replace the Replica displayed with original BWM at Nelson Hospital. |
| 4806 | PTE (LT) | Bertie | WILLIAMS |
UK: 1st Battalion, 14th London Regt (Pte,); 2/1 Essex Artillery Regt (Lieut.), Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery (RGA) – 1914/15 Star, British War Medal & Victory Medal |
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T-33677, 28591 |
DVR-PTE | Archibald Newell | STANDRING |
UK: Army Service Corps (ASC) – 1914 (Mons) Star. 2/5 Kings Own Royal Lancashire Regiment (2/5 K.O.R. LANCS.) – Victory Medal – BWM to T-33677 reunited, Wales Aug 2018. |
| 107156 | PTE | James Edwin | COXALL |
CANADA: 2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles (2/BCH) – 1914/15 Star, British War Medal & Victory Medal |
| 34900 | PTE | Samuel Shaw Tourtle | HAWTHORNE |
UK: South Wales Borderers (S.W.Bord) – British War Medal & Victory Medal |
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01797 |
LT-CMDR (CAPTN Rtd, RNVR); 2LT OIR |
Ernest Fraser | WATSON, RD – R.N.R. |
UK & NZ: Reserve Service – Reserve Naval Decoration (RD) UK & NZ: WW1 – Royal Naval Reserve (RNR) & RN Volunteer Reserve (NZ Div); RNZVNR – 1914/15 Star, British War Medal & Victory Medal NZ: WW2 – 4/Otago Inf Regt – War Medal 1939/45, NZWS Medal |
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2692, 495153 |
PTE | Arthur John | WARNER |
UK: WW1 – 82nd Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC) – 1914/15 Star, British War Medal & Victory Medal. NZ: WW2 – War Medal 1939/45, NZWS Medal |
| 15964 (RN) | CAPTN | Frederick George | BLACKWOOD |
UK: Merchant Marine Service, HMS Lady Cory Wright (collier) on loan to Royal Navy – 1914/15 Star (15964), British War Medal, Mercantile Marine Medal & Victory Medal + Memorial Plaque & Scroll |
| X | LT (N) | Charles Frederick |
HORNE, OBE – R.N.R |
UK: Royal Naval Reserve (RNR) – BWM & VM reunited Aug 2019 |
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15993 |
SGT-2LT (MAJ) |
George Edward | HAYNES |
UK: East Lancashire Regiment (E. LANCS.R.) & Royal Engineers (R.E.) – 1914/15 Star (un-named), British War Medal & Victory Medal – medals named to 2nd Lieut. |
| 6071 | PTE | Arthur Edward | LEGON |
UK: 20th London Regiment (20-LOND.R.) – British War Medal & Victory Medal |
| L-11558 | PTE-CPL | Guy*Allen Thomas – * listed as GRAY in some records | VEAL |
UK: 4th Bn (Duke of Cambridge’s Own) Middlesex Regt (4.MIDD/X.R.) – British War Medal & Victory Medal – 1914 (‘Mons’) STAR found. |
| 1613 | SPR | Stephen Olivier | MESNY – aka MESNEY |
UK: Royal Engineers (R.E.), Railway Transport Workshops – British War Medal + Memorial Plaque – VM found. |
| 4261 | PTE | Charles Louis | BYDER |
UK: 8th Bn, Northumberland Fusiliers – 1914/15 Star, British War Medal & Victory Medal + Memorial Plaque & Scroll |
| J-85424 | ORD (AB) | Alfred Victor | PAGE |
UK: Royal Navy (RN) 1918-28 + 1930-1941 – Royal Navy Long Service & Good Conduct Medal (Issue No.5210) |
| X | 2LT | Anson Cowie | GRANT |
UK: Argyl & Sutherland Highlanders – commissioned into King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (K.O.Y.L.I.), 21st Division – British War Medal & Victory Medal + Great War Ceylon tribute medal in bronze. |
| 2623 | PTE | Lambert | BOWDLER |
AUST: 54th Bn, Australian Imperial Force (AIF) – British War Medal & Victory Medal |
| 26621 | PTE | Alfred Norman | JUCKES |
UK: 6th Bn, King’s Shropshire Light Infantry (6/K.S.L.I.) – British War Medal & Victory Medal + Memorial Plaque & Scroll |
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WORLD ~ Interwar: 1921 – 1938 |
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Podporuchik – Poruchik (Sub Lt or 2Lt/Lt equivalent) |
Nickolas |
DROOJININ |
RUSSIA: WW1 > 1922. White Russian Army – Imperial Russian Cross of St. George, 3rd Class [silver/white metal] w/junior officer’s Laurel Branch on ribbon (awarded 1922) + metal/enamelled Graduation Badge of the Irkutsz Military Academy + NZ: WW2 – Home Guard – War Medal 39/45, NZWS Medal. Died in Nelson, 1971. |
LEGEND
CPL/SGT = either rank impressed on medal
PTE – SGT = range of ranks medal may have impressed on rim or reverse
(CPL) = highest known rank
* = brothers / sisters
** = father & son
+ = other relative
# = given name at enlistment
NZ National Army Museum – STOLEN Medals
In December 2007 a large number of medals were stolen from the New Zealand Army Museum at Waiouru, some later being recovered. The web link below lists the medals of significance that have not yet been recovered. If you see any of these medals, or hear of any information that could lead to recovery, please contact the National Army Museum Curator or any of the MRNZ team.
http://www.armymuseum.co.nz/medals/medal-enquiry/
National Army Museum
State Highway One
PO Box 45
Waiouru
New Zealand
Tel: 06-387-6911
Fax: 06-387-6319
Contact Form: http://www.armymuseum.co.nz/visit-us/enquiries-bookings/