Most prized medal of all |
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| Title : | Most prized medal of all |
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| Creator : | Nankervis, David | ||
| Source : | Sunday Mail, 4 January 1998, p. 7 | ||
| Date of creation : | 1998 | ||
| Format : | Newspaper | ||
| Contributor : | State Library catalogue | ||
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| Description : |
Reports on the awarding of an Australian medal, the Australian Active Service Medal, to South Australian Korean War veteran Ken Moseley and other veterans of conflicts between 1945 and 1975. Mr Moseley highlights that Korean War veterans have rarely been recognised for their service. |
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| Related names : | Moseley, Ken |
| Coverage year : | 1998 |
| Period : | 1946-1979 |
| Further reading : | Cochrane, Peter. Australians at War, Sydney: ABC Books for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 2001 Evans, Ben. Out in the cold : Australia's involvement in the Korean War 1950-53, Canberra, A.C.T. : Australian War Memorial and Dept. of Veterans' Affairs, 2000 Odgers, George. Remembering Korea : Australians in the war of 1950-1953, Sydney : Lansdowne Publishing, 2000 O'Dowd, Ben. In valiant company, St Lucia, Qld.: University of Queensland Press, 2000 Smith, Neil C. Home by Christmas: the Australian Army in Korea 1950-56: being a record of the Australian Army's involvement in the Korean War and listing those who served in Korea 1950-56, Gardenvale, Vic.: Mostly Unsung, 1990 |
| Internet links : | Anzac Day Commemoration Committee (Queensland) See: History: Korea Australians at War [Department of Veterans' Affairs]: See: The Great Search Stories: Korea Australian War Memorial See: Australian Military History Overview: Korean War 1950-1953 BBC History - The Cold War - The Korean War overview Australian Army History Unit [Department of Defence]: See: History & Battles: History Index: The War in Korea 1950-53 Nominal Roll of Australian Veterans of the Korean War [Department of Veterans' Affairs: includes Nominal Roll and History] Sea Power Centre - Australia: See: History: Feature Articles: RAN in the Korean War Victorians at War - Oral History project [Department of Veterans' Affairs and State Library of Victoria]: See: Overview: Korea |
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