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May 14 - 20: Compiled by Dave Humphrey from the archived newspapers held at the Cranbrook History Centre and Archives

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Bob Smith served his country with bravery in the US Army from 1968 to 1970 as a private in the Vietnam War. Private Smith grew up in Abington and went to basic training at Fort Polk, Louisiana, where he endured the rigorous training that would prepare him for the jungles of Southeast Asia. Private Smith was sent to Vietnam in May 1968. “We flew to Ben Wah in the middle of the night. I was assigned to a company of infantry-trained soldiers which was part of the 1st Cavalry Division,” he remembered. “I was in Vietnam just a day and we got ambushed…hit and run…all the ti...

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 World War, and was lost on Chelsea beach in 1925. In 1980, this WW1 British Victory medal was located ...