These medals were stolen during a house burglary from a Rolleston residence over the weekend 11 / 12 January 2025.
The burglary has been reported to the Rolleston & Christchurch Police (file number available on request).
The medals at left are all named to: W729795 SGT A. J. D. Stanton (ranks may vary). Doug Stanton for those who did not know him was a retired NCO and Returned Veteran of Malaya, Borneo and Vietnam. The medals were in the care of a relative who lives at Rolleston.
The medals at right were also stolen. They are un-named but mounted as depicted.
If you see, find, or hear of these medals in someone else’s possession, please contact either the Rolleston or Christchurch Police by calling 105, call Crime Stoppers on 0800-555-111, or contact Medals Reunited NZ on 027-940-4495 as soon as possible. Anonymous tips welcome. A return by anonymous post to MRNZ, PO Box 8024, Nelson 7010 will also be gratefully accepted.
Please circulate this post widely on your networks … thank you.
Ian, Director MRNZ
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