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 soldier's 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 medal, thought to have been lost in 1925, to the soldier's family.(Victoria Police) Mr Atherton found...