Category: War Medal 1939-1945

Categories: British Isles and Ireland, Military Decorations | Campaign and Service Medals 1939-1945, Military Decorations, Australia | Campaign Medals, New Zealand

This category contains profiles of recipients of the War Medal 1939-1945

The War Medal 1939–1945 was a campaign medal instituted by the United Kingdom for award to subjects of the British Commonwealth who had served full-time in the Armed Forces or the Merchant Navy for at least 28 days between 3rd September 1939 and 2nd September 1945. In the Merchant Navy, the 28 days must have been served at sea. It is sometimes incorrectly described as the "Victory Medal" for the Second World War.

The medal is cupro-nickel with the crowned effigy of King George VI on the obverse. The reverse has a lion standing on a double-headed dragon. The top of the reverse shows the dates 1939 and 1945. The ribbon colours of red, white and blue represent the colours of the Union Flag. A bronze oak leaf emblem is worn on the ribbon to signify a Mention in Despatches, a King's Commendation for Brave Conduct, or a King's Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air.

Australian Defence: War Medal 1939-1945.

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Patrick Cahill 25 Jul 1919 Western Australia, Australia - 24 Nov 1966

Harold Cain 09 Aug 1909 Portland, Victoria, Australia - 1994

Harry Cain 26 Dec 1904 Narrawong, Victoria, Australia - 19 Jan 1981

John Cain 12 Apr 1924 Casterton Victoria Australia - 28 Feb 1992

Ronald Cain 06 Aug 1907 Portland, Victoria, Australia - 15 Aug 1976

Bernard Callinan 02 Feb 1913 Essendon, Victoria, Australia - bef 20 Jul 1995

Marcus Calvert 18 Dec 1908 Cambridge, Tasmania, Australia - 19 Jan 1942

Alexander Cameron 04 Apr 1903 Frankford, Tasmania, Australia - 1989

Alexander Cameron 08 Apr 1909 Eltham, Victoria, Australia - 14 Jul 1993

Burnett Cameron 13 Jan 1913 Queensland, Australia - 05 Feb 1942

John Cameron 13 Aug 1921 Wangaratta, Victoria, Australia - 1983

Raymond Cameron 29 Jun 1918 Launceston, Tasmania, Australia - 20 Aug 1996

Thomas Cameron 14 Aug 1913 Eltham, Victoria, Australia - 1979

William Cameron 04 Aug 1911 Carlton, Victoria, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

John Campbell 16 Oct 1919 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada - 13 Feb 1943

Keith Campbell 14 Dec 1919 Warwick, Queensland, Australia

Harold Canton 05 Jun 1911 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Michael Carew 03 Apr 1906 Gatton, Queensland, Australia - abt 2001

Patrick Carmody 23 Mar 1918 Colac, Victoria, Australia - 01 Dec 1991

Leonard Carpenter 26 Jul 1919 Moncton, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada - 13 Feb 1943

John Carrick 04 Sep 1918 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - 18 May 2018

Thomas Caswell 21 Mar 1907 Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia - 11 Jul 1973

James Catanach 28 Nov 1921 South Yarra, Victoria, Australia - 29 Mar 1944

Basil Catterns 11 Aug 1917 Balmain North, New South Wales, Australia - 30 Mar 2007

Frederick Chaney 20 Oct 1914 Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia - 17 Dec 2001

Desmond Chapman 27 Jul 1919 Moonta, South Australia, Australia

Maxwell Chapman 02 Apr 1921 Moonta, South Australia, Australia - 13 May 2016

Raymond Chapman 04 Jul 1922 Moonta, South Australia, Australia

Living Chard

James Charlton 04 Dec 1924 Papakura, Auckland, New Zealand - 29 Oct 1993

Robert Charlton 14 Feb 1926 Paeroa, Hauraki District, Waikato, New Zealand - 09 Jul 2003

Denzel Chegwedden 1909 Euroa, Victoria, Australia - 1981

Frederick Chilton 23 Jul 1905 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - 01 Oct 2007

Albert Chowne 19 Jul 1920 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - 25 Mar 1945

Stanley Christie 13 Sep 1905 Eaglehawk, Victoria, Australia - 13 Sep 1990

Donald Cleland 28 Jun 1901 Coolgardie, Western Australia, Australia - 27 Aug 1975

Sydney Clough 14 Apr 1918 Williamstown, Victoria, Australia - 02 Apr 1992

Living Clout

Neil Cobby 27 Jun 1921 Glenhuntly, Victoria, Australia - 20 Mar 1985

William Cock 15 Jul 1912 Moonee Ponds, Victoria, Australia - 27 Aug 1976

Allan Cockerell 21 Nov 1891 Macraes Flat, Otago, Otago, New Zealand - 07 Feb 1975

Julius (Cohen) Kingsland 19 Oct 1916 Moree, New South Wales, Australia - 27 Aug 2012

Geoffrey Colbey 29 Mar 1912 Blanchetown, South Australia, Australia - 03 Jul 1996

Thomas Cole 08 Mar 1890 Woollahra, New South Wales, Australia - 28 Jul 1964

Ernest Collins 18 Jan 1910 Rockdale, New South Wales, Australia - 1967

Gordon Collins 23 Nov 1911 New Zealand - 29 Nov 1969

Roy Collins 08 Jan 1921 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - 05 Nov 1943

Trevor Collins 05 Nov 1921 Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand - 17 Nov 1988

Gordon Combe 12 Jun 1917 Gumeracha, South Australia, Australia - 10 Jan 2002

William Conolly 29 Mar 1902 Trial Bay, New South Wales, Australia - 27 Jun 1981

Bryan Cooke 16 Apr 1910 St Kilda, Victoria, Australia - 02 Jul 1991

Edwin Copas 18 Jul 1920 Port Alberni, Alberni-Clayoquot, British Columbia, Canada - 26 Apr 1945

Alexander Cordukes 03 Aug 1923 Granville, New South Wales, Australia - 25 Aug 2006

Edward Cordukes 26 Nov 1917 Newtown, New South Wales, Australia - 08 Dec 1987

Lawrence Cork 10 Apr 1922 Biggenden, Queensland, Australia - 20 Dec 1979

Vernard Cork 27 Jul 1918 Wondai, Queensland, Australia

Robert Corney 25 Feb 1921 Gatton, Queensland, Australia - bef 2008

Geoff Cornwell 1920s - 1980s

Albert Courtney 09 May 1921 Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada - 08 Jun 1944

Wilfred Cowley 20 Feb 1917 Armidale, New South Wales, Australia

Phillip Crellin 22 Apr 1920 Wynnum, Queensland, Australia - 23 Sep 1954

Stanley Croft 24 Jan 1920 Prahran, Victoria, Australia

Victor Croft 1913 Saint Kilda, Victoria, Australia - 1948

John (Crooks) Crookes 15 May 1903 Waterloo, New South Wales, Australia - 02 Jan 1984

Charles Crowden 11 Nov 1918 Deloraine, Tasmania, Australia - 14 Jul 2017

Robert Cruickshank 16 Jun 1913 Hobart, Tasmania, Australia - 11 Jun 1941

George Currey - 13 Aug 1944

Charles Cutler 20 Apr 1918 Forbes, New South Wales, Australia - 23 Sep 2006

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Les (Darcy) D'Arcy 1920s - 1970s

Charles Davidson 14 Sep 1897 Toowong, Queensland (Australia) - 29 Nov 1985

David Deacon 22 Mar 1908 South Burnie, Tasmania, Australia - 18 Oct 2002

Harold Deadmarsh 08 Jun 1922 Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand - 18 Sep 1991

Paul Delpratt 26 May 1920 Queensland, Australia - 26 Jun 1989

Jack Dennis 11 Nov 1919 East Camberwell, Victoria, Australia - 07 Feb 1994

Thomas Derrick 20 Mar 1914 Medindie, South Australia, Australia - 24 May 1945

Henry Deschamps 24 Dec 1916 Mullumbimby, New South Wales, Australia - 25 Jul 1975

Harold Dickinson 27 Feb 1917 Singleton, New South Wales, Australia - 11 Jul 2008

Richard Digby 14 Jan 1912 Lightning Ridge, New South Wales, Australia - 1992

Fraser Dight 31 Aug 1904 Burwood, New South Wales, Australia - 07 Apr 1966

Walter Dillon 27 Apr 1904 Paddington, New South Wales, Australia - 1980

Leonard Dingwall 21 Nov 1918 Kyabram, Victoria, Australia - 1997

Frances (Dixon) Rice 25 May 1921 Surrey Hills, Victoria, Australia - 15 Feb 1999

Reginald Dixon 17 Feb 1916 Paddington, New South Wales, Australia

Ronald Dixon 09 Jul 1921 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - 2020

John Doran 06 Oct 1913 Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia - 1970

Melvin Dowswell 05 Jan 1914 Franklin, Manitoba, Canada - abt 22 Dec 1941

Irene Drummond 26 Jul 1905 Ashfield, New South Wales, Australia - 16 Feb 1942

John Dunn 09 Apr 1917 Bondi, New South Wales, Australia - abt 1980

John Dunn 06 Feb 1917 Charleston, South Australia, Australia - 14 Sep 1944

Keith Dunn 21 Jul 1891 Wrexham, Denbighshire, Wales - Feb 1985

Robin Dunn 16 Jan 1918 Melksham, Wiltshire, England - 05 Mar 2014

Sidney Dunn 22 Jan 1915 Waverley, New South Wales, Australia

John Dunne 28 Aug 1918 South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

William Durham 30 Oct 1917 Coonamble, New South Wales, Australia - 04 Nov 1961

John Dyer 06 Sep 1911 Woodlark Islands, Milne Bay, Papua, Australia (Papua New Guinea)

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Anthony Eastway 09 Oct 1922 Cremorne, New South Wales, Australia

George Edman 16 Jun 1892 Sydney, New South Wales (Australia) - 1967

John Edmondson 08 Oct 1914 Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia - 14 Apr 1941

Herbert Edwards 07 Mar 1915 Cowell, South Australia, Australia - 15 Apr 1987

Hugh Edwards 01 Aug 1914 Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia - 05 Aug 1982

James Edwards 02 Nov 1910 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

William Egan 24 Mar 1902 Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia - 1975

Edgar Ellis 30 May 1910 Ararat, Victoria, Australia - 1975

Jack Ellis 11 May 1912 Ararat, Victoria, Australia - 13 Oct 1979

Albert Ely 10 Dec 1922 New South Wales, Australia

Alfred Ely 08 Mar 1914 Northcote, Victoria, Australia - 16 Jul 2010

Alvin Ely 02 May 1910 Yarra Junction, Victoria, Australia

Frederick Ely 09 Aug 1901 Caulfield, Victoria, Australia - 26 Jul 1976

George Ely 25 Jul 1915 Yarra Junction, Victoria, Australia - 03 Jan 1944

George Ely 03 Jun 1915 Narrandera, New South Wales, Australia

William Ely 28 Jul 1907 Warburton, Victoria, Australia

Darcy Endacott 20 Nov 1917 Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia - 01 Jan 1982

Vivian England 04 Jan 1894 Stanmore, New South Wales, Australia - 19 Sep 1951

Gordon Escott 23 Jul 1902 Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia - 20 Feb 1942

Keith Evans 16 Feb 1920 Smithton, Tasmania, Australia - 06 Sep 1970

Cyril Everett 15 Dec 1922 Pomona, Queensland, Australia - abt 2012

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Thomas Fairbairn 26 Apr 1918 Stephenstown, County Louth, Ireland - abt 22 Aug 2009

Basil Fairfax-Ross 04 Apr 1910 Springwood, New South Wales, Australia - 09 Nov 1984

Alexander Fane 10 Apr 1913 Carnarvon, Western Australia, Australia - 05 Jun 1993

Leonard Farrands 19 Jan 1919 Carlton, Victoria, Australia - 24 Feb 1942

Mervyn Farrands 27 Jul 1922 Ganmain, New South Wales, Australia

Arthur Faulkner 18 Dec 1921 Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia - abt 2020

John Ferguson 31 Oct 1923 Footscray, Victoria, Australia

Reginald Ferguson 08 Mar 1913 Toodyay, Western Australia, Australia - 23 Mar 1945

Bernard Fergusson 06 May 1911 London, England, United Kingdom - 28 Nov 1980

Edward Ferris 09 Jul 1917 Inverell, New South Wales, Australia

George Ferris 12 Jul 1895 Manly, New South Wales, Australia - 22 Mar 1945

Herbert Ferris 26 Apr 1905 Hendon, London, England, United Kingdom - 25 Mar 1941

Howard Fietz 13 Sep 1917 Henley Beach, South Australia, Australia - 23 Oct 1942

Eric Fisher 05 Jun 1915 Ardlethan, New South Wales, Australia

Reginald Fitzgibbon 14 Feb 1923 Burwood, Victoria, Australia - 28 Jul 2006

Peter FitzSimons 25 Feb 1916 Greenwich, New South Wales, Australia - 16 Mar 1992

Geoffrey Flewell-Smith 31 Oct 1906 Tarampa, Queensland, Australia - 28 Oct 1979

Gladstone Flint 01 Jun 1898 Cowra, New South Wales, Australia - 24 Jun 1963

Percy Flint 17 Oct 1917 Cowra, New South Wales, Australia - 13 Aug 1991

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Walter Flint 1912 Cowra, New South Wales, Australia

Arthur Forbes 04 Dec 1881 Brisbane, Queensland (Australia) - 19 Apr 1946

Henry Ford 26 Jun 1917 Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom - 24 Dec 1990

Horace Fordyce 30 Mar 1914 Black Rock, Victoria, Australia - 20 Feb 2008

Alfred Foster 05 Feb 1922 Coventry, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom - 2007

Lyle Fowler 11 Oct 1916 Footscray, Victoria, Australia - 28 Oct 1983

Henry Frank abt 16 Apr 1898 Broad Arrow, Western Australia, Australia - 04 Jun 1943

Hedley Freedman 04 Aug 1908 Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Gordon French 19 Oct 1921 Crows Nest, Queensland, Australia - 11 Aug 1943

Harold French Dec 1920 Linton, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom - 24 Jun 1943

John French Oct 1906 Bayswater, London, England, United Kingdom - 16 Nov 1939

Henry Frew 22 Aug 1895 Hillgrove, New South Wales, Australia - 23 Mar 1957

John Frew 01 Aug 1916 Balmain, New South Wales, Australia

Bernard Freyberg 21 Mar 1889 Richmond, Surrey, England - 04 Jul 1963

Victor Fry 12 Jun 1921 Northcote, Victoria, Australia - 24 Jun 1945

Charles Alfred Fryer 1910s - 1980s

Graham Fryer 09 May 1919 Rose Bay, New South Wales, Australia - 04 May 1944

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Brian Garvey 17 Jun 1915 Woollahra, New South Wales, Australia

Frederick Gascoyne 1910s - 1990s

Galfry (Gataker) Gatacre 11 Jun 1907 Wooroolin, Queensland, Australia - 11 Aug 1983

Robert Gawler 06 Dec 1924 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - 23 Sep 1944

Francis Genford 19 Sep 1922 Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia - 10 Nov 1995

Earl Gerard 21 Jan 1918 Glen Innes, New South Wales, Australia - 27 Dec 1995

William Gibson 15 Jun 1903 Waverley, New South Wales, Australia - 08 Oct 1957

Edward Giesen abt 26 Sep 1920 Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand - 27 Aug 2008

William Gilfillan 07 Dec 1923 North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia - 09 Jun 1945

Donald Gill 04 Jul 1918 St Peters, New South Wales, Australia

Arthur Gillam 03 Jan 1907 Cranbrook, Western Australia, Australia - 19 Oct 1971

Keith Gilleland 25 Aug 1914 Summer Hill, New South Wales, Australia

Ross Gillman 01 Nov 1921 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - 01 Dec 1984

Edwyn Givney 13 Feb 1912 Tenterfield, New South Wales, Australia - 13 May 1992

Charles Glasfurd 28 Nov 1902 Renfrewshire, Scotland - 08 Jun 1940

Alexandrina (Glass) Douglas 15 Dec 1915 New Zealand - 16 May 2000

Charles Golding 21 Sep 1914 Randwick, New South Wales, Australia - 1972

Bernard Goodwin 15 Feb 1906 Pleasant Point, Canterbury, New Zealand - 23 Aug 1976

Ralph Goodwin 27 Sep 1917 Sandgate, Queensland, Australia - abt 2012

Ernest Gordon 31 May 1916 Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland - 16 Jan 2002

James Gordon 07 Mar 1909 Rockingham, Western Australia, Australia - 19 Jul 1986

John Gorton 09 Sep 1911 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - 19 May 2002

Duncan Goslett 04 Jan 1911 Carlton, Victoria, Australia - 20 May 1992

Harold Graham 28 Nov 1917 Ulmarra, New South Wales, Australia - 23 Aug 2012

John Graham 22 Jan 1920 London, England, United Kingdom - 1989

Leslie Graham 04 Apr 1916 Ulmarra, New South Wales, Australia - 07 Jun 1997

Robert Graham 04 Mar 1920 Maitland, New South Wales, Australia

Sydney Grant 29 Jul 1909 Hornsby, New South Wales, Australia - 1966

Percival Gratwick 19 Oct 1902 Katanning, Western Australia, Australia - 26 Oct 1942

Earle Gray 25 Jun 1919 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - 22 Jul 1941

James Gray 28 May 1918 Ballarat, Victoria, Australia - 31 Oct 1999

Charles Green 26 Dec 1919 Swan Creek, New South Wales, Australia - 01 Nov 1950

Henry Greenberg 23 Mar 1919 West Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - 30 Oct 2008

Garth (Greene) Massy-Greene 14 Aug 1919 Tenterfield, New South Wales, Australia - 21 Mar 2014

Bernard Greer 14 Mar 1914 Manilla, New South Wales, Australia - 30 Jan 1942

Jean (Greer) Pemberton 21 Oct 1912 Petersham, New South Wales, Australia - 07 Dec 2001

John Grellier 20 Oct 1914 Claremont, Western Australia, Australia - 09 May 1996

Colin Grumont 13 Mar 1919 Caulfield, Victoria, Australia - 28 Mar 1971

Arthur Gurney 15 Dec 1908 Day Dawn, Western Australia, Australia - 22 Jul 1942

Robert Guthrie 30 Jul 1915 Semaphore, South Australia, Australia - 19 Jul 1987

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John Hackett 05 Nov 1910 Perth, Western Australia, Australia - 09 Sep 1997

John Hadden 14 Mar 1921 Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia

Allen Haddock 05 Sep 1912 Auckland, New Zealand - 01 Oct 1943

Geoffrey Haddock 20 Mar 1916 Auckland, New Zealand - 23 Jan 1987

Roy Hall 12 Jul 1913 Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia - 01 Feb 1987

Henry Hambleton 15 Mar 1907 Wandsworth, Surrey, England, United Kingdom - 1974

Adele Hamilton 22 May 1920 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Alexander Hamilton 17 Jan 1909 Ascot Vale, Victoria, Australia - 09 Jun 1968

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