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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صاحبزادہ (اسف جھا) Asaf Jah 22 Feb 1907 Hyderābād, Andhra Pradesh, India - 07 Oct 1970

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Thomas Acton 24 Jul 1919 Bournemouth, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom - 14 May 2010

Ralph Albanese 31 Dec 1920 Caboolture, Queensland, Australia - abt 2006

Gilbert Alexander 07 Sep 1895 Umzinto, Natal, South Africa - 10 Apr 1957

Frederick Allery 26 Sep 1911 Croydon, Surrey, England, United Kingdom - abt 13 Aug 1998

John Alley 31 Aug 1917 Adelong, New South Wales, Australia - 11 Mar 1958

Lawrence Alley 10 Apr 1915 Elands, New South Wales, Australia - 12 Nov 1999

Trevor Alley 18 Apr 1912 Grafton, New South Wales, Australia - 06 Nov 1999

Raymond Allsopp 25 Jun 1915 Baulkham Hills, New South Wales, Australia - 01 Jul 1945

James Amphlett 21 May 1922 Richmond, Victoria, Australia - 01 Jan 2002

Spencer Amys 05 Dec 1921 Peterborough, Ontario, Canada - 13 Feb 1943

Margaret (Anderson) O'Bryan 11 Dec 1915 Malvern, Victoria, Australia - 16 Jul 1995

Vincent Anderson 25 Nov 1923 Lismore, New South Wales, Australia - 21 Feb 2009

Desmond Andrewes 16 Jul 1920 Kohukohu, Northland, New Zealand - 01 Jan 2014

Lancelot Andrewes 02 Apr 1914 Kohukohu, Hokianga, New Zealand - 10 Feb 1981

Eric Antill 13 Jan 1910 Adelong, New South Wales, Australia - 27 Apr 1964

Edgar Archer 12 Aug 1903 Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia - 06 Jun 1980

Peter Armstrong 02 Sep 1921 Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia - 27 May 1942

Robert Armstrong 26 Oct 1915 Grenfell, New South Wales, Australia

Cyril Ashfield 26 Aug 1922 Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom - 2000

Harry Astille 29 Nov 1917 North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - 13 Dec 1992

Clarence Atkinson 21 May 1915 Kogarah, New South Wales, Australia - 1981

Edward Atkinson 1905 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia - 16 Oct 1943

Thomas Atkinson 02 Feb 1906 Great Ayton, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom - 19 Jan 1942

Claude Attrill 21 Jul 1900 Kooringa, South Australia (Australia) - 25 Apr 1941

James Auchterlonie 07 Dec 1924 Victoria, Capital Regional District, British Columbia, Canada - 13 Apr 1945

Henry Aurisch 14 Dec 1910 Warialda, New South Wales, Australia - 22 Jul 1997

James Aurisch 07 Feb 1923 Leichhardt, New South Wales, Australia - 04 Sep 1972

Raymond Aurisch 28 Jan 1921 Leichhardt, New South Wales, Australia - 18 Sep 1963

Alan Avery 07 Apr 1917 Armadale, Victoria, Australia

Clem Ayliffe 19 Dec 1921 Kingscote, South Australia, Australia - 23 Nov 1942

Jim Ayliffe 14 Sep 1918 Kingscote, South Australia, Australia - 20 Jan 1943

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Douglas Bader 21 Feb 1910 St Johns Wood, London, England, United Kingdom - 05 Sep 1982

Brabazon Badgery 21 Oct 1917 Leeton, New South Wales, Australia - 09 Jul 1943

Frank Badgery 21 Aug 1912 Cumnock, New South Wales, Australia - 21 Jun 1982

Brian Bailey 11 Nov 1915 Maclean, New South Wales, Australia - 12 Sep 1983

William Baines 29 Jul 1907 Leichhardt, New South Wales, Australia - 1976

Albert Baird 1901 Quambatook, Victoria, Australia - 27 May 1941

Archibald Baker 03 Nov 1916 St Kilda, Victoria, Australia - Jan 1982

Alfred Ballard 29 Jul 1896 Shanghai, China - 09 Sep 1950

Eric Bamberry 16 Oct 1915 Stanthorpe, Queensland, Australia - 05 Nov 1985

Honor (Bamberry) Ladbrook 25 Jun 1924 Stanthorpe, Queensland, Australia - 21 Aug 1991

Bruce Banham 29 Jun 1918 Wellington, New South Wales, Australia

Ronald Barber 07 Feb 1919 Northcote, Victoria, Australia - 21 Oct 1966

Aubrey Barclay 29 Apr 1914 Wellington, New Zealand - 23 Oct 1942

Maurice Barltrop 05 Jul 1922 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Francis Barrett 03 Sep 1911 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - 24 Oct 1943

Lester Barrett 12 Dec 1912 West Maitland, New South Wales, Australia - 1981

Colin Barron 20 Sep 1893 Boyndie, Banffshire, Scotland, United Kingdom - 15 Aug 1958

Harry Bartholomew 30 Sep 1922 Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia

Daphne (Barton) Dunne 29 Mar 1920 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - 01 Apr 2019

Reginald Batten 05 Jun 1904 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia - 23 Nov 1943

Louis (Battenberg) Mountbatten 25 Jun 1900 Frogmore House, Home Park, Windsor, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom - 27 Aug 1979

Edward Beattie 21 Apr 1911 New Zealand - 19 Oct 1982

Richard Beck 20 Nov 1921 Wellington, New Zealand - 11 Nov 1944

Clement Beeby 21 Aug 1913 Burwood, New South Wales, Australia

Donald Begbie 30 Sep 1912 Leichhardt, New South Wales, Australia - 06 Jan 1980

Colin Begg 31 Jan 1917 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - 1984

John Bell 25 May 1889 Scottsdale, Tasmania (Australia) - 22 Aug 1973

Marjorie (Bell) Lawson 13 Jul 1909 London, England, United Kingdom - 05 Aug 1972

Aeneas Bell-Irving 03 May 1898 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada - 20 Nov 1966

Duncan Bell-Irving 03 Jan 1888 Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom - 26 Feb 1915

Thomas Benson 10 Jan 1913 Leichhardt, New South Wales, Australia - 1968

Mostyn Berryman 09 Nov 1923 Kent Town, South Australia, Australia - 06 Aug 2020

Arthur (Bessant) Evans 04 Jun 1910 Bristol, England, United Kingdom - 05 Sep 1955

Lance Betts 29 Apr 1915 Wingham, New South Wales, Australia - 23 Aug 2003

Allan Bilson 18 Feb 1899 Allansford, Victoria (Australia) - 1981

Lindsay Bilson 04 Aug 1894 Yarragon, Victoria (Australia) - 1947

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John Bilton 21 Jul 1909 Woollahra, New South Wales, Australia - 1991

Leonard Birchall 06 Jul 1915 St. Catharines, Lincoln, Ontario, Canada - 10 Sep 2004

Benjamin Bird 27 May 1912 Tiger Hills, Saskatchewan, Canada - 11 Sep 1944

Austin Bisley 15 Dec 1891 New Zealand - 27 Jun 1964

Robert Blair 18 Jan 1922 Perth, Western Australia, Australia - 17 Jun 1944

Jessie (Blanch) Eaton-Lee 18 Mar 1910 Bangalow, New South Wales, Australia - 15 May 1999

Allan Boase 09 Apr 1919 Goomalling, Western Australia, Australia - 21 Sep 1987

Allan Boase 19 Feb 1894 Gympie, Queensland (Australia) - 01 Jan 1964

Edgar Boase 19 Feb 1904 Maylands, South Australia, Australia - 24 Oct 1968

Kenneth Booth 10 Oct 1916 Reynella, South Australia, Australia - 06 Apr 1999

Russell Boulton 15 May 1919 Consort, Special Area No. 4, Alberta, Canada - 13 Feb 1943

John Bourke 02 Jan 1914 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - 1979

Rowland Bourke 05 May 1915 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia - 09 Oct 1942

Charles Bourne 29 Dec 1911 Cunnamulla, Queensland, Australia - 13 Jan 1969

Clive Bowes 16 Aug 1919 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Ernest Bowes 11 Nov 1919 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia - 01 Jan 1980

Frederick Bowes 03 Feb 1897 Hull, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom - 14 Apr 1983

Graham Bowes 25 Nov 1921 Camberwell, Victoria, Australia

Harry Bowes 12 Sep 1919 Balmain, New South Wales, Australia - 03 Jan 1941

Herbert Bowes 21 Dec 1915 Caltowie, South Australia, Australia

Leslie Bowes 10 Mar 1916 Mildura, Victoria, Australia - 30 Mar 1942

George Braddock 13 Sep 1913 Maryborough, Queensland, Australia - 06 Feb 2004

Joseph Braddock 13 Nov 1911 Maryborough, Queensland, Australia - 05 Nov 1996

Mervyn Braddock 22 Aug 1922 Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia - 31 Oct 1992

Odette Brailly 28 Apr 1912 Amiens, Somme, Picardie, France - 13 Mar 1995

Ronald Bredesen 19 Nov 1921 New Zealand - 05 Jun 2002

Ruri Brennan 24 Dec 1903 Perth, Western Australia, Australia - 11 Apr 1977

Paul Brickhill 20 Dec 1916 Balwyn, Victoria, Australia - 23 Apr 1991

Ada Bridge 06 Jul 1907 Belltrees, New South Wales, Australia - 16 Feb 1942

Colin Bridger 20 Aug 1922 Essendon, Victoria, Australia - 03 Sep 1992

Keith Broadstock 09 Apr 1920 Mildura, Victoria, Australia - 14 Jun 2012

Eric Brooke-Anderson 10 Sep 1889 Guernsey, Channel Islands - 13 Jun 1959

James Brooks 21 Feb 1900 Brixton, London, England, United Kingdom - 03 Oct 1954

Athol Brown 1900s - 1990s

Charles Brown 27 Sep 1912 Bristol, Somerset, England, United Kingdom

Montague Brown 10 Jul 1889 Candelo, New South Wales (Australia) - 06 Jul 1975

William Brown 19 May 1919 Brunswick, Victoria, Australia - 21 May 1996

Bertram Bruce 31 May 1914 Alford, South Australia, Australia - 02 Sep 1985

William Bruce 29 Jan 1913 Waverley, New South Wales, Australia

Walter Brumpton 05 Aug 1902 Roma, Queensland, Australia

Stanley Bubb 01 Nov 1917 Beechwood, New South Wales, Australia - 04 Oct 1943

Bernard Bugden 30 Sep 1902 South Gundurimba, New South Wales, Australia - 1946

Vivian (Bullwinkel) Statham 18 Dec 1915 Kapunda, South Australia, Australia - 03 Jul 2000

William Bunt 03 Nov 1917 Barcaldine, Queensland, Australia - 26 Sep 1984

Anthony Burcher 15 Mar 1922 North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - 09 Aug 1995

Stephen Burcher 08 May 1920 Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia - 27 Oct 1942

Charles Burnett 18 Feb 1911 Glasgow, Scotland - 11 Nov 1963

John Burrell 03 Oct 1918 West Maitland, New South Wales, Australia - 01 Sep 2009

Herbert Burrowes 16 Aug 1882 Eastern Hill, Victoria, Australia - 12 Jul 1975

James Burrows 13 Jul 1904 Prebbleton, Canterbury, New Zealand - 10 Jun 1991

Robert Burrows 04 Oct 1923 Gladesville, New South Wales, Australia - 06 Jan 2007

Leslie Bushby 26 Aug 1904 Dimboola, Victoria, Australia - 1994

Violette (Bushell) Szabó 26 Jun 1921 Paris, Île-de-France, France - 05 Feb 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

C cont.

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

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

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