My Gandfathers WW2 Pacific War Medals

[AIF]

Thanks for the additional pictures mate! What a fantastic medal grouping It seems that he had an interesting military career too!!
It is quite a rare and uncommon combination of medals as well


Thanks for sharing

Luke.

[AZPhil]

Thank you so much for sharing those pic's. I have never seen a Hiroshima nuclear exposure medal and he went on to serve in Korea!!!!!! Your GF was a Great Man!!!!! So sorry he had to lose his life to the exposure he(They) knew nothing about!!!!
Semper Fi
Phil

[AIF]

See these links: British campaign medals - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia & Australian campaign medals - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

PS it was the Aust Service Medal 39-45 that had the qual period reduced from 18 months overseas service to 1 month in 1996, not the 39-45 Star.

As far as i know the eligibility was changed for the 39-45 star too... For guys who were at the time serving overseas but because the war ended and cut their time short to less than 6 months.

[AIF]

See these links: British campaign medals - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia & Australian campaign medals - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

PS it was the Aust Service Medal 39-45 that had the qual period reduced from 18 months overseas service to 1 month in 1996, not the 39-45 Star.

See this link

1939-1945 Star

[Overthetop]

thankyou AZPhil,i appretiate that.

Thank you so much for sharing those pic's. I have never seen a Hiroshima nuclear exposure medal and he went on to serve in Korea!!!!!! Your GF was a Great Man!!!!! So sorry he had to lose his life to the exposure he(They) knew nothing about!!!!
Semper Fi
Phil