Medals Gone Missing needs your help. If you are a member of the Holden family? or know somebody who is …. please contact us.
Whilst cleaning out some old boxes in January 2018, a couple from New South Wales found a pair of old Air Force Wings and buttons believed to have been issued to Captain Leslie Hubert HOLDEN M.C. Born in Adelaide on 6th March 1895, tragically he was killed in an air accident near Byron Bay on the 18th September 1932 aged 37 years.
Air Force wings (Royal Australian Flying Corps) believed to have been issued to Captain Leslie Hubert HOLDEN during his service.
It has been discovered that Leslie had an amazing First World War record. Starting off in the A.I.F. with an early enlistment number 25, Leslie Hubert HOLDEN joined the Australian Light Horse before transferring to the Australian Flying Corps. He was awarded the Military Cross during 1918.
The family who hold these artifacts would like them returned to his family, as old and fragile as they are. Failing this they will consider donating them to the Australian War Memorial.
Leslie Hubert HOLDEN is well documented in Australian history. Please CLICK HERE on this link to read more about him. It is not known by the current owners how they came to have these relics in their possession or whose writing is on the envelope. They say it is a complete enigma.
About gary
Gary Traynor is the volunteer Administrator of the Militaria based website MEDALSGONEMISSING. The aim of this "NOT FOR PROFIT" website is to reunite families, with lost War Medals and other items of militaria. Anything from medals to items of uniform. What Gary refers to as their "lost heritage". He has been actively involved in the Militaria world and researching of Military History for well over 30 years. As a result, Gary also conducts valuations and offers advice on all items of militaria. He has acted as advisor to a number of television and Foxtel productions; including Sir Tony Robinson's "Tour of Duty" series which featured on the History Channel. Gary is a field historian and conducts tours to Gallipoli, The Western Front, Kokoda and many other major battle sites around the world. He was a member of the Australian Army Reserve (UNSWR & 4/3 RNSWR) and served for 23 years with the New South Wales Police Force. He is perhaps the only person who has been employed at the Australian War Memorial in all three capacities .... as a volunteer, part time and full time employee .... starting as a qualified tour guide, working in the public galleries as an Information Assistant and finally Assistant Curator in Military Heraldry & Technology.
Medalsgonemissing is a website that will assist you in locating your family's lost war medals and other awards. If you have an ancestor who served in any of the British Commonwealth Armed Services at any time - and whose medals are lost/stolen or simply missing....then so long as the medals are out there - this site will help you to locate them.
However the site also contains articles of interest in relation to Military History, War Memorials & Uniforms / kit. Please explore our website as there is sure to be something of interest to you.
Medals Gone Missing needs your help. If you are a member of the Holden family? or know somebody who is …. please contact us.
