There is an age old question; “What cost - is the price for freedom?”  And when that cost is written into the ledger - how much should each country?….How much should each State?….And how much should each little country town be made to pay? 
Loose just ONE man from that little country town in a time of war; and we all agree [...]

Ask the average Australian to name just one - single battle of the First World War; undoubtably the name ‘Gallipoli’ will be amongst the top three answers. Ask for an example of a Second World War battle and I would suggest that possibly 8 out of 10 people will mention the ‘Kokoda Track’. But go [...]

Often, the hardest part about conducting research on any particular subject - is knowing where to start.  For the novice researcher, the World Wide Web is daunting enough - but the in’s and out’s of Military Record keeping can be both baffling and confusing.  Especially if the ‘researcher’ has never even served in the Armed Services of their [...]

A piece of Militaria surfaced on ebay a little while ago - but nobody seems to know exactly what it is…..Can you help?
Ebayer Cynthia Kelly; who hails from Seattle in Washington State U.S.A - found this badge at a thrift shop in Bellevue, Washington. She listed the item on ebay; item #230266164867 and at [...]

HMAS SYDNEY - what was considered to be one of Australia’s greatest mysteries of World War Two - has been found and is a mystery no longer.  But what of her ship’s company and their missing war medals? 
It is well documented that 645 men died when H.M.A.S Sydney was sunk off the Western Australian Coast on [...]

Perhaps the most significant and shameful theft within the Militaria world - of all time has occurred in New Zealand. The Army Museum in Waiouru on the North Island has fallen victim to what can only be described as a “target specific” and “professional” operation which saw these unscrupulous thieves escape with 9 Victoria [...]

For those of you who pour over the ebay auction site - searching for War Medals;  you may have noticed at least TWO recent instances where the seller has mentioned in their listing - that the medals on sale in fact belong to their deceased relative.  On one occasion, the medals were said to have been [...]

                            If you have a broken set of medals that you have lost hope of “re-uniting” -  then do not dispair.  Miracles do happen!!!
It is not uncommon for an ancestor’s medals to be split up.  If you have read my previous entry titled “Why War Medals Go Missing” you might recall that I mentioned the [...]

Even in this day and age, there are still many War Medals from various past conflicts - which, for one reason or another - have not been claimed by War Veterans or their respective family.
Some even going back as far as the First World War.
In the case of the 1914 - 18 war, there [...]

You only have to watch the National Australian News on television - from time to time or read the newspapers to see the occasional story of a theft involving War Medals. It is an unfortunate fact of life that our elderly - who should be respected and treasured for their past contributions to this country [...]

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