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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 ...

Private R.S.G. Smith's 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 beach in 1980, but it's rightful owner remained a mystery until it was recently passed to Lilydale...