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Is it me … or are these medals all wrong?
I saw an article in the Telegraph to day portraying a veteran at the Normandy 79th anniversary. The picture is also at:
https://www.forces.net/sites/default...NO%20REUSE.jpg Also pick up on forces.net https://www.forces.net/d-day/veteran...ay-anniversary The RAF fellow on the left, apparently a Normandy veteran, top row of medals: Malaya medal, Australian Vietnam medal, unk, ink, VRSM (from 1999), ukn. And as for the ones below, not a single UK or WW II? |
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I would suggest the error is editorial. The chap appears the correct age for the medals he is wearing, but not old enough to be a Normandy veteran by about 20 odd years.
Chap on the right mind you has a France & Germany Star, so is more likely to be a candidate for being a Normandy veteran. Cheers……John Last edited by Skippy; 07-06-23 at 05:24 PM. Reason: Additional information |
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Also a current thread on the British Medal Forum
https://britishmedalforum.com/viewto...teran#p1221627 regards
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There is an editorial error , the person is named as Terry Burton who is connected to the Normandy Veterans Association/Group.
From Hansard , a 2004 debate about the 60th Anniversary of D-Day/Normandy: Quote:
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The BMF link I provided above shows all is not as it seems with this gent.
Worth a read. regards
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Thanks Mike,
To sum it up, here is the final comment before the thread was locked. It is a totally pointless exercise medalically (is that even a real word?) dissecting someone's poorly constructed non-career. regards
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Mike,
Thank you for your response, yes an unfortunate editorial mistake but what a remarkable career Terry has had. The USAF connection explains the extraordinary number of medals ?. |
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BTW i cant find him on the RAAF or any Australian nominal roll for Vietnam.
i may have missed it or there is a reason his name is not there? just saying? |
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