Medals Gone Missing presents “KOKODA TRACK – MUD, BLOOD & MEDALS” – The First in the Series of You Tube ‘commemorations’ set to contemporary music. This short presentation brings to mind the sacrifice of Australians on the Kokoda Track in 1942. In particularly the U.S. medal awarded to an Australian; the commander of the 39th Battalion, the Victoria Cross awarded at Isurava and the other men who did not win medals of any particular significance, but did their job and gave away something far more valuable than any medal…….their lives. The slideshow is set to a song that could have been written just for the Kokoda Track, titled “Thankyou For The Years” and written by the master of Australian folk & Military songs, the great Eric Bogle.
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.
