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Family reunited with war medal 100 years after it was lost at a Melbourne beach – NEWS.com.au
Family reunited with war medal 100 years after it was lost at a Melbourne beach
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 police Sergeant Vaughan Atherton.
The man who found the medal 40…
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