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WWI medal lost on a Melbourne beach in 1925 returned to soldier's family

WWI medal lost on a Melbourne beach in 1925 returned to soldier’s family We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Save Normal text size Advertisement A war medal lost by a soldier at a beach in Melbourne’s south-east in 1925 has been returned to the man’s descendants almost a century later in the lead-up to Anzac Day. The British Victory medal was owned by Private Robert Stanley Gordon Smith, who served in France during the First Wo...
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Cop solves 100-year war medal mystery

Private R.S.G. Smiths WWI British Victory medal. News by Jack Paynter 23rd Apr 2021 10:39 AM A war medal lost at a Melbourne beach almost 100 years ago has been reunited with the family of a World War I digger just in time for Anzac Day. Private R.S.G. Smith lost his WWI British Victory medal at Chelsea beach in 1925 and passed away on April 23, 1963 without ever getting it back. The medal was found about 10km away at Beaumaris...
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Victorian police officer reunites family with WWI medal lost almost 100 years ago

Victorian police officer reunites family with WWI medal lost almost 100 years ago A Victorian police officer has returned a WWI medal, thought to have been lost in 1925, to the soldiers family. The woman who located the medal, a member of the Upwey Belgrave RSL Sub Branch, met Sergeant Vaughan Atherton from Lilydale Police, in outer Melbourne. Mr Atherton was also a member of the branch after serving as an army reservist for nine years. READ MORE: A Victoria Police officer has returned a WW1 me...
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