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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John O'Halloran 07 Apr 1910 Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia - 01 Aug 1942

Alfonso O'Reilly 03 Sep 1903 Kanimbla, New South Wales, Australia - 20 Jan 1975

Douglas Orser 15 Jun 1918 Copper Cliff, Greater Sudbury, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada - 25 Jul 1944

Thomas O'Sullivan 24 Nov 1924 Nepean Reservoir, New South Wales, Australia - 28 Mar 1945

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Robert Paine 16 Jan 1918 Kadina, South Australia, Australia - 14 Oct 1943

Gordon Panitz 21 Sep 1915 Boonah, Queensland, Australia - 22 Aug 1944

Alastair Panton 02 Nov 1916 Calcutta, West Bengal, India - 29 Dec 2002

Edgar Partridge 04 Sep 1919 Inverell, New South Wales, Australia - 07 Mar 1955

Frank Partridge 29 Nov 1924 Grafton, New South Wales, Australia - 23 Mar 1964

Adam Patfield 27 Jan 1908 Clarence Town, New South Wales, Australia - 1987

Charles Patmore 16 Sep 1893 Waltham Abbey, Essex, England, United Kingdom - 15 Feb 1943

Isabella Patterson 31 May 1911 Birchip, Victoria, Australia - 21 Mar 1999

Walter Patterson 28 Jan 1916 Ayr, Queensland, Australia - 08 May 1971

Edwin Paul 12 Oct 1903 Queensland, Australia - 22 Oct 1946

Henry Payne 20 Oct 1908 Queensland, Australia - 12 Oct 1990

Robert Pearce 16 Dec 1916 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Thomas Pearson 06 Mar 1920 Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia - 07 Feb 2009

John Peck 17 Feb 1922 Woollahra, New South Wales, Australia - 09 Jan 2002

Donald Peeler 13 Mar 1925 Croydon, Victoria, Australia - 31 Dec 1944

Laurence Pember 02 Jun 1918 Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia - 1981

Stanley Percival 20 Nov 1911 Lithgow, New South Wales, Australia

Frederick Peters 17 Sep 1889 Charlottetown, Queens, Prince Edward Island, Canada - 13 Nov 1942

Albert Phillips 11 Nov 1918 Paddington, New South Wales, Australia

Ross Philp 20 Mar 1923 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia - 07 Oct 1944

Lennie Pillidge 24 Feb 1918 Hinton, New South Wales, Australia - 13 Feb 1991

Arthur Pincham 24 Jan 1925 Glebe, New South Wales, Australia

Leslie Pincham 26 May 1920 Glebe, New South Wales, Australia - 03 Nov 1974

Norman Pincham 20 Aug 1916 Glebe, New South Wales, Australia - 20 Feb 1976

Thomas Pincham 05 May 1914 Glebe, New South Wales, Australia - 12 Oct 1984

Frederic Pinfold 02 Jun 1916 Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia - 27 Aug 1942

Honor (Pitman) Salmon 30 Oct 1912 London, England, United Kingdom - 19 Apr 1943

Ernest Plenty 04 Jan 1912 Hindmarsh, South Australia, Australia - 23 Oct 1942

Albert Pollard 09 Jun 1918 Hornsby, New South Wales, Australia - 1982

Ronald Pollock 1920s - 1990s

William Poole 08 Oct 1902 Caledon, Cape Colony, South Africa - 09 Mar 1969

John Potter 23 Jul 1921 Balgownie, New South Wales, Australia - 07 Jun 2006

Arnold Potts 16 Sep 1896 Peel, Isle of Man - 01 Jan 1968

Edward Powell 30 May 1917 Coraki, New South Wales, Australia

Geoffrey Praagst 05 Oct 1909 Murchison, Victoria, Australia - 31 May 1942

Ernest Price 18 Nov 1922 North Wagga, New South Wales, Australia - 01 Oct 1993

Claude Prior 19 Aug 1895 Boorowa, New South Wales, Australia - 16 Jun 1954

Colin Prior 12 Jun 1919 Eastwood, New South Wales, Australia - 09 Jun 2014

Adrian Prole 08 Mar 1915 Waihi, Hauraki, New Zealand - 24 Aug 2000

William (Pullen) Lang 29 Jul 1909 Carlton, Victoria, Australia - 02 Aug 1977

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Robert Raebel 10 Oct 1916 Cottesloe, Western Australia, Australia - 04 Feb 1992

Vernett Rainbird 28 Feb 1916 Mount Barker, Western Australia, Australia - 09 Jul 1943

Ian Ralfe 03 Jun 1921 Longreach, Queensland, Australia - 1985

Francis Ralph 09 Feb 1919 Inglewood, Queensland, Australia

Donald Rankin 30 May 1907 Warwick, Queensland, Australia - 1985

Reginald Rattey 28 Mar 1917 Barmedman, New South Wales, Australia - 10 Jan 1986

Charles Rattray 30 Oct 1919 Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand - 30 Nov 1976

Enid Rayner 09 Sep 1905 Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia - 06 Mar 1985

Vincent Rayner 03 Jan 1913 Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia - 06 Aug 1981

Keith Reeves 07 Mar 1918 Kyogle, New South Wales, Australia - 01 Jan 1998

Raymond Reeves 11 Nov 1917 Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia

Marian Rejewski 16 Aug 1905 Bromberg, Posen, Prussia, Germany - 13 Feb 1980

Douglas Rhodes 23 Oct 1912 Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia - 02 Aug 1993

Colin Rice 09 Aug 1921 Mundubbera, Queensland, Australia - 18 Feb 2022

Dick Rice 03 Aug 1918 Mundubbera, Queensland, Australia - 10 May 2010

Jack Rice 15 Feb 1921 Canowindra, New South Wales, Australia - 01 Feb 2003

Vurden Rice 13 Mar 1916 Mundubbera, Queensland, Australia - 07 Mar 2011

William Richards 26 Aug 1911 Queensland, Australia - 07 Apr 1961

Ian Richardson 01 Jul 1915 Waimate, Canterbury, New Zealand - 10 Jun 2007

Kenneth Ritchie 18 Jul 1921 Karori, Wellington, New Zealand - 02 Feb 2002

Leonard Roach 03 May 1894 Neutral Bay, New South Wales (Australia) - 1979

Aylmer Robertson 03 Oct 1912 Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia

Russell Robinson 29 Feb 1912 Bilambil, New South Wales, Australia - 22 Oct 1994

Wallace Robinson 03 Nov 1911 Waihi, Hauraki, Waikato, New Zealand - abt 20 Feb 1961

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Graham Rockett 07 Nov 1912 Northam, Western Australia, Australia - 26 Apr 1985

Gordon Rodway 17 Aug 1917 Temora, New South Wales, Australia

Jonathan Rogers 16 Sep 1920 Froncysyllte, near Llangollen, Denbighshire, Wales, United Kingdom - 10 Feb 1964

Thomas Rogers 04 May 1915 Medlow Bath, New South Wales, Australia

John Rolland 09 Oct 1920 Sale, Victoria, Australia - 25 Aug 2009

Douglas Ross 16 Jul 1922 Balmain South, New South Wales, Australia - 30 Nov 2008

William Ross 11 May 1915 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Szloma Rostker 09 Jun 1897 Rutki, Lomza Uyezd, Łomża, Poland - 26 Jan 1956

Szmul Rostkier 15 Dec 1919 Rutki, Lomza Uyezd, Łomża, Poland - 21 Sep 2002

Charles Rowan 05 Sep 1909 Wickham, New South Wales, Australia - 13 Mar 1999

Charles Rowe 20 Jun 1917 Awatuna, Taranaki, New Zealand - 18 Jun 1991

Edward Rowling 28 Sep 1916 Springwood, New South Wales, Australia - 11 Jan 1959

Arthur Russell 21 Feb 1925 Riverton, Southland, New Zealand - 16 Apr 2012

John Russell 11 Nov 1904 Twyford, Hastings, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand - 06 Sep 1942

John Ryan 15 Jan 1903 Chetwynd, Victoria, Australia - 18 Sep 1964

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Leonard Salmon 17 Dec 1912 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - 14 May 1943

Gordon Samuels 12 Aug 1923 City of London, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom - 10 Dec 2007

Alexander Sanderson 07 Mar 1908 Claremont, Western Australia, Australia - 23 Oct 1942

Jack Sansom 09 Jul 1920 Raymond Terrace, New South Wales, Australia - 13 May 2001

Brian Savage 05 May 1912 Blackwood, South Australia, Australia - 1980

John Scanlan 19 Oct 1890 South Melbourne, Victoria (Australia) - 06 Dec 1962

Lance Schreck 10 Jul 1914 Warialda, New South Wales, Australia

Arthur Seaman 1920s - 1940s

Charles Shailer 20 May 1918 Stones Corner, Queensland, Australia - 25 Aug 2017

Mavis (Sharpe) Ackland 08 Dec 1923 Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia - 22 May 2004

Herbert Shaw 12 Jul 1912 Queensland, Australia - 24 May 1999

Herbert Shearwin 10 Oct 1916 Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia

Mark Sheldon 19 Nov 1914 Granville, New South Wales, Australia - 11 Aug 1942

Dudley Sheldrick 04 Jul 1920 Gunning, New South Wales, Australia - 13 Sep 1943

Herbert Sheldrick 03 Nov 1922 Richmond, Victoria, Australia - abt 1999

Living Sheldrick

Norman Sheldrick 15 May 1917 Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia

Frederick Shepherd 02 Oct 1920 Naremburn, New South Wales, Australia

Stephen Short 19 May 1921 Nairobi, Kenya - 1978

Thomas Sigle 19 Sep 1917 Paddington, New South Wales, Australia - 13 Apr 1981

Clive (Silberberg) Selby 17 Dec 1908 Elsternwick, Victoria, Australia - 21 Jul 1996

Alexander Simpson 01 Jan 1917 Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia - 1984

Archibald Simpson 01 Mar 1910 Plantation, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom - 20 Nov 1942

Douglas Simpson 10 Dec 1918 Singleton, New South Wales, Australia

Frederick Sing 02 Jul 1919 Manilla, New South Wales, Australia - 13 Jun 2017

Reginald Skelly 12 Jan 1913 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia - 12 Feb 1962

Richard Smallwood 08 Nov 1914 Norbury, Surrey, England, United Kingdom

Aubrey Smidt 1906 Casino, New South Wales, Australia - 19 Oct 1986

Archie Smith 05 Mar 1919 Inverell, New South Wales, Australia - 11 Aug 1996

David Smith 09 Oct 1918 Carlton, Victoria, Australia - aft 2010

Eric Smith 14 Nov 1924 Norwood, New South Wales, Australia

Ernest Smith 29 Jul 1910 Wee Waa, New South Wales, Australia - 27 Oct 1967

Ronald Smith 03 May 1910 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia - 07 Oct 1965

Edward Smout 05 Jan 1898 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia - 22 Jun 2004

Eric Soltan 21 Apr 1914 Botany, New South Wales, Australia

George Spark 27 Feb 1913 Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia - 05 Feb 1945

Harold Spedding 01 Oct 1912 Grafton, New South Wales, Australia - 27 Mar 1942

Thomas Spence 13 Jan 1925 Cooroy, Queensland, Australia - 30 Mar 2006

Allan Spowers 09 Jul 1892 South Yarra, Victoria (Australia) - 04 May 1968

Thomas Stafford-King-Harman 08 Dec 1921 Boyle, County Roscommon, Ireland - 04 Aug 1944

John Stagg 06 Apr 1923 Morwell, Victoria, Australia - 31 Dec 1944

Albert Stanford 07 Feb 1911 Stratford, Taranaki, New Zealand - 11 Feb 1942

John Stanley 15 Mar 1915 Strahan, Tasmania, Australia - 23 Apr 1977

Charles Stanton 27 Aug 1917 Canterbury, New South Wales, Australia - 22 May 1941

Henry Stanton 10 Sep 1910 Echuca, Victoria, Australia - 01 Nov 1980

Joe Starcevich 1910s - 2000s

Leslie Starcevich 05 Sep 1918 Subiaco, Western Australia, Australia - 17 Nov 1989

Francis Statham 25 Jun 1916 Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia - 03 Dec 1999

Reginald Steadson 29 Jun 1910 Waratah, New South Wales, Australia - 21 May 1994

Alick Stewart 20 Jun 1921 Teralba, New South Wales, Australia - 17 Jun 1989

Charles Stewart 15 Jul 1902 Mount Morgan, Queensland, Australia - 27 Jul 1963

Kenneth Stewart 03 May 1915 Risdon, Tasmania, Australia

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Anthony Strettles 26 Sep 1913 Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom - 27 Feb 1943

Alan Struss 20 Nov 1922 Gleneagle, Queensland, Australia - 17 Jan 2017

Rockleigh Sudholz 30 Jan 1908 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia - 08 Aug 1942

John Sullivan 09 Feb 1915 Redfern, New South Wales, Australia - 17 Oct 1961

William Sullivan 18 Apr 1909 Dunbarton, Pickering, Durham, Ontario, Canada - 25 Aug 1971

Walter Summons 06 Apr 1920 Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia

Edward Sutherland 22 Sep 1916 Thirroul, New South Wales, Australia - 05 Jan 2000

Edwin Swales 03 Jul 1915 Verulam, Inanda, Natal, South Africa - abt 23 Feb 1945

John Swanson 31 Jul 1902 Albury, New South Wales, Australia - 01 Sep 1963

Anthony Synnot 05 Jan 1922 Corowa, New South Wales, Australia - 04 Jul 2001

Christina Synnot 04 Apr 1920 Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia

Reymond Synnot 05 May 1886 Victoria, Australia - 29 Sep 1965

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George Tarr 29 Dec 1892 Karori, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand - 17 May 1969

Donald Tennent 13 May 1898 Surbiton, Surrey, England - 26 Aug 1981

Ernest Tepper 04 Aug 1913 Hopetoun, Victoria, Australia - 30 Aug 1977

Russell Thomas 08 Dec 1921 Nundah, Queensland, Australia - 22 Aug 1994

Charles Thompson 15 Mar 1909 Queensland, Australia - 16 Jul 1966

Walter Tinsley 24 Dec 1898 Richmond, Victoria (Australia) - 21 Jun 1969

Stanley Tisdell 27 Dec 1917 Westmead, New South Wales, Australia - 29 Dec 1977

Edwin Tivey 10 Mar 1909 Malvern, Victoria, Australia - 25 Mar 1943

Philip Tonkin 08 Oct 1920 Claremont, Western Australia, Australia - 06 Oct 2011

Alan Towerton 18 Jan 1919 Ipswich, Queensland, Australia - 2000

Daryl Towerton 20 May 1912 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia - 1978

Kenneth Towerton 26 Feb 1921 Ipswich, Queensland, Australia - 1950

Ralph Towerton 20 May 1912 Queensland, Australia - 17 Jan 1981

Edward Towner 30 Jun 1919 Rous Mill, New South Wales, Australia - 06 Feb 1946

Cecil Traise 29 Apr 1914 Singleton, New South Wales, Australia

Frederick Treweeke 13 Aug 1912 Saint Leonards, New South Wales, Australia - 24 Oct 1942

Allen Lloyd Trigg 05 May 1914 Houhora, Northland, New Zealand - 11 Aug 1943

Allan Triggs 08 Dec 1916 Auburn, New South Wales, Australia - 05 Jan 1990

David Turner 05 Jun 1920 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - 17 May 1941

Douglas Turner 21 May 1918 Collingwood, Victoria, Australia - 27 Jul 2005

Frederick Turner 30 Aug 1922 Mascot, New South Wales, Australia - 06 Feb 1996

Edward Tynan 03 May 1905 Petersham, New South Wales, Australia - 1977

Stanley (Tyquin) Savige 13 May 1918 Prahran, Victoria, Australia - 12 Apr 1980

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Charles Upham 21 Sep 1908 32 Gloucester Street, Christchurch, New Zealand - 22 Nov 1994

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Arthur Varley 13 Oct 1893 Lidcombe, New South Wales (Australia) - 13 Sep 1944

Arnold Varnum 04 Mar 1917 Singleton, New South Wales, Australia - 19 Aug 1990

Roy Veysey 01 Sep 1890 Nelson, New Zealand - 16 Jan 1952

Leigh Vial 28 Feb 1909 Camberwell, Victoria, Australia - 30 Apr 1943

Nigel Voltz 15 Apr 1921 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia - 24 Sep 1943

Norman Voltz 14 Jul 1921 Belmont, Queensland, Australia - 30 Jan 1969

William Voltz 18 Apr 1911 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia - 11 Aug 1973

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Kenneth Wagner 12 Feb 1917 Warwick, Queensland, Australia - 14 May 1980

Nancy (Wake) Forward 30 Aug 1912 Roseneath, Wellington, New Zealand - 07 Aug 2011

Frederick Walker 11 May 1912 Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia - 31 Aug 1944

Theodore Walker 14 Oct 1900 Richmond, Victoria (Australia) - 1971

Harry Walmsley 04 Oct 1917 Brunswick Street. Auckland. New Zealand - 18 May 1986

Christopher Ward 04 Jan 1922 Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Neil Watchorn 02 Apr 1903 Tasmania, Australia - 20 Feb 1942

George Watkins 06 Nov 1918 Kennington, Surrey, England, United Kingdom - 02 Jul 1987

Edward Watson 18 Apr 1915 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Stanley Watson 23 Aug 1919 Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia - 04 Aug 1996

Percy Watterson 28 Jan 1924 Canungra, Queensland, Australia - 15 Jul 1944

Frank Watts 20 Oct 1896 Quorn, Colony of South Australia - 1960

Geoffrey Watts 07 May 1913 Balwyn, Victoria, Australia

Eric Weber 18 Dec 1905 Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia - 13 Oct 1940

Henry Wells 22 Mar 1898 Kyneton, Victoria (Australia) - 20 Oct 1973

Frank Wemyss 08 Oct 1920 Queensland, Australia - abt 10 May 2005

Leslie West 21 Mar 1923 Balhannah, South Australia, Australia - 01 Nov 1942

Claude Weymouth 02 Jun 1918 Gumeracha, South Australia, Australia

Alan White 26 Oct 1914 Toorak, Victoria, Australia

Frederick Whitelaw 25 Sep 1919 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia - 08 Jun 2004

John Whitelaw 26 Aug 1894 Hawthorn, Victoria (Australia) - 21 Apr 1964

John Whitelaw 11 Jun 1921 Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia - 18 Jun 2010

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