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    Hi Hugh
    Yes indeed it does make sense and i thank you for the info.
    It was just that i had thought the CRS10 etc had the info listed on them!
    So learnt something else now!
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    Hi Vernon.
    Yes that is my Discharge book No. My brother Roy only had an adopted son who we lost touch with so I never got his No.

    Cheers Des
    PS Just went back to John's post 32 and for the life of me can't see anything wrong with it.
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    Here in Melbourne we have the Shrine of Remembrance.
    There is a section full of medals of all manner from many different sources.

    The script that goes with it tells the viewer that they have all been donated, some by men of the MN, so that future generations will know of them.

    My grandfather was a ships engineer, torpedoed in WW1 spending 4 days on a life raft before being rescued.
    He never bothered to collect his medals, just happy to have survived he told me.
    Happy daze John in Oz.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hugh View Post
    Hi Audrey,

    I would advise that you contact the Maritime & Coastguard Agency at Cardiff and quote his medal entitlement number on the far right of his file which is, 116297. They will advise you if they can issue the medals or not. Let us know how you get on.

    Some ribbons were issued to seamen early in the war but the actual medals still had to be minted. Merchant seaman had to apply for them. No application = no medals. My father never claimed his medals but I claimed them many years ago now. He was never interested in medals - just happy to have survived but we, his family, cherish them. If the seaman passed away then it had to be his next of kin who make the application.


    It means that his seaman's pouch is actually empty i.e., there is an envelope (RS3) but no contents. It happens sometimes but I doubt anyone will know why it is empty. Pouches and other records can easily be misfiled by human error and some records have just gone missing.

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    Thanks very much Hugh. I'll contact Cardiff and let you know the result. We're fortunate to have knowledgeable people like you we can ask for advice.

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