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FOUND ~ WORLDWorld War 2: 1939 –1945 & Post War: 1946 – PresentRecent additions ~ Reunited with Family Member |
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Post World War 2: 1946 – Present |
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2861 |
P.S. (R) – Police Sergeant (Reserve) |
Geoffrey |
SIMPSON |
UK: General Service Medal 1918-62, Clasp: CYPRUS – Reunited Dec 2022. |
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M-1119546 |
CH. TECH |
D. |
REES |
UK: Royal Air Force (RAF) |
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World War 2: 1939 – 1945 |
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NX25575 |
SPR |
Charles William |
BELL |
AS – 5th Australia Anti-Aircraft & Fortress (FRT) Company, Royal Australian Engineer (RAE) – Sydney, Home Service |
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NX82808 |
DVR |
Alexander |
QUIGLEY |
AS – Australian Army Service Corps (AASC), 2AIF |
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W548294 |
xxx |
S. |
KENNY |
SA – South Africa (named War Medal, 1939/45) |
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664776; 206325 |
DVR-GNR |
Trevor |
McDERMOTT |
NZ Army Service Corps (NZASC) – JAYFORCE (Japan); HQ, 16 Field Regt, RNZ Artillery – KAYFORCE (Korea) |
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Church of LDS Scouting Award |
1948-2018 |
Un-named US medal – 1st Type, 1948 > |
“ON MY HONOR” |
Found in vicinity of the Church of LDS, Nelson |
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X |
Mrs |
unk |
PRIEST (living in NZ? – medals found in Nelson) |
UK: Women’s Voluntary Service Medal (15 yrs voluntary service in Civil Defence duringWW2 ); a Royal Tank Regiment Silver sports medal c/w Case: inscribed – “1946 Swimming Sports, Inter-Squadron Waterpolo Winners” (most likely held in Germany) – found in Westbrook Tce, Nelson |
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C/JN 292919; 78603 (RNZAF) |
PO.TELEG; F/SGT.TELCOM |
“Harry” Bernard Hugh |
GORSUCH |
UK: Royal Navy (R.N.) – HMS St GEORGE, SUFFOLK, VIRAGO – Atlantic, Burma, Pacific. RNZAF: Telecoms Operator at Wigram, Fiji, Shelley Bay – Reunited Oct 2021. |
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X |
SURG-LT.CDR (SURG-CDR) |
Graham Huw |
EVANS R.N. |
UK: Royal Navy (R.N.) – Gulf War, Iraq 1990-1991 (believed to be currently living in NZ as at 2023). |
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R.200970 |
3rd ENGR |
Harry Thurston |
ELLIS |
UK: Merchant Marine Service – Reunited Jul 2022. |
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NZ2508; 36271 |
FG.OFF [Pilot] (FLT.LT) |
Herbert Douglas |
NEWMAN (mid) |
NZ: RNZAF – Wigram SFTS. UK: 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF; PoW 1940/45 – Reunited Oct 2021. |
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P/JX 651330 |
WO.ORD (LT-ORD ENGO) |
Charles Henry |
KING R.N. |
UK: Royal Navy (R.N.) 1938-1958 |
| X ? (RAF) | LAC (RAD.OP) | John Graham |
FORBES ** – also father & Zimmerman, WW1 – FOUND ~ WORLD |
UK: Royal Air Force – Reunited Feb 2020. |
| 103449 (RAAF) | ACW | Freda Eileen |
JOHNSON – wife of CAPT W.F.C. JOHNSON, NZASC – died Nelson. |
RSA: AUST – Women’s Australian Auxiliary Air Force (WAAAF), RAAF Pearce, Western Australia |
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543082 (RAF); 73099 (RNZAF) |
CPL | Reginald Edward Gregory | JAMES |
UK: RAF (1937-49). NZ: RNZAF (1949-60) – 14 Sqn (Malaya), 42 Sqn, PTSU. RNZAF Stations Wigram, Ohakea, Whenuapai |
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36363 |
SGT (WO1) | Peter Desmond | ORCHARD |
UK: REME – UK & British Army of the Rhine (BAOR) Germany. NZ: RNZEME – Waiouru Workshops, Inf Bde Wkshops, Papakura – Reunited Mar 2020. |
| 61490 | LAC | Hilton Warren | BEHAR |
AUST: RAAF: No.2 Aircraft Depot, RAAF Richmond, NSW – Reunited Mar 2020. |
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270615; 431447 |
PTE – AC | Robert Benjamin | GRAINGER |
AUST: Australian Army – National Service, RAAF South Australia – Reunited Mar 2020. |
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