Recognising acts of bravery by bestowing awards on those who risk their lives to save others.

Recipients

Medals and certificates of merit awarded in recognition of the following brave deeds.

To all recipients, the Society conveys the thanks, admiration and congratulations of the people of New South Wales.

Filtered by: Awarded in the financial year 1944/45 (47 results)

Thomas Filby

Thomas Filby was awarded a Bronze Medal for actions involving an aircraft, crash at Newcastle on the 11th September 1945.

Bronze Medal Case number: 1945/10 Awarded year: 1944/45

Thomas Purcell

Thomas Purcell was awarded a Bronze Medal (Posthumous) for actions involving poisonous gases at Potts Point on the 3rd April 1945.

Bronze Medal Case number: 1945/18 Awarded year: 1944/45

Maurice Hodson

Maurice Hodson was awarded a Bronze Medal (Posthumous) for actions involving poisonous gases at Potts Point on the 3rd April 1945.

Bronze Medal Case number: 1945/18a Awarded year: 1944/45

Mary Edwards

Mary Edwards was awarded a Bronze Medal for actions involving poisonous gases at Potts Point on the 3rd April 1945.

Bronze Medal Case number: 1945/18b Awarded year: 1944/45

Rita Coughlin

Rita Coughlin was awarded a Bronze Medal for actions involving poisonous gases at Potts Point on the 3rd April 1945.

Bronze Medal Case number: 1945/18c Awarded year: 1944/45

Norman Davis

Norman Davis was awarded a Silver Medal for actions involving poisonous gases at Potts Point on the 3rd April 1945.

Silver Medal Case number: 1945/19 Awarded year: 1944/45

Raymond Reid

Raymond Reid was awarded a Silver Medal for actions involving poisonous gases at Potts Point on the 3rd April 1945.

Silver Medal Case number: 1945/19a Awarded year: 1944/45

John Clarke

John Clarke was awarded a Silver Medal for actions involving poisonous gases at Potts Point on the 3rd April 1945.

Silver Medal Case number: 1945/19b Awarded year: 1944/45

Leslie Alexander Benjamin McDougall

Leslie Alexander Benjamin McDougall was awarded a Silver Medal for actions involving a drowning, rescue at Lansdowne River on the 4th March 1945.

Silver Medal Case number: 1945/23 Awarded year: 1944/45

Charles Stewart

Charles Stewart was awarded a Bronze Medal for actions involving an aircraft, crash at Muswellbrook on the 17th February 1945.

Bronze Medal Case number: 1945/16 Awarded year: 1944/45

Bruce Carter

Bruce Carter was awarded a Bronze Medal for actions involving an aircraft, crash at Muswellbrook on the 17th February 1945.

Bronze Medal Case number: 1945/16a Awarded year: 1944/45

Allan George

Allan George was awarded a Bronze Medal for actions involving an aircraft, crash at Muswellbrook on the 17th February 1945.

Bronze Medal Case number: 1945/16b Awarded year: 1944/45

Ronald George Weekes

Ronald George Weekes was awarded a Bronze Medal for actions involving an aircraft, crash at Muswellbrook on the 17th February 1945.

Bronze Medal Case number: 1945/16c Awarded year: 1944/45

James Henry Cummings

James Henry Cummings was awarded a Bronze Medal for actions involving an aircraft, crash at Muswellbrook on the 17th February 1945.

Bronze Medal Case number: 1945/16d Awarded year: 1944/45

William Cox

William Cox was awarded a Bronze Medal for actions involving an aircraft, crash at Muswellbrook on the 17th February 1945.

Bronze Medal Case number: 1945/16e Awarded year: 1944/45

Sergeant Thomas Henry Page

Sergeant Thomas Henry Page was awarded a Bronze Medal for actions involving a drowning, rescue at Sydney Harbour on the 12th February 1945.

Bronze Medal Case number: 1945/14 Awarded year: 1944/45

George Colquhoun

George Colquhoun was awarded a Silver Medal for actions involving a drowning, rescue at Sydney Harbour on the 12th February 1945.

Silver Medal Case number: 1945/24 Awarded year: 1944/45

Arthur Croft Oldroyd

Arthur Croft Oldroyd was awarded a Silver Medal for actions involving a drowning, rescue at Tuggerah on the 9th February 1945.

Silver Medal Case number: 1945/22 Awarded year: 1944/45

Molly Wheatley

Molly Wheatley was awarded a Bronze Medal for actions involving a drowning, rescue at Maryvale on the 25th January 1945.

Bronze Medal Case number: 1945/15 Awarded year: 1944/45

Ronald George Toy

Ronald George Toy was awarded a Certificate of Merit for actions involving a drowning, rescue at Brunswick Heads on the 26th December 1944.

Letter of Commendation Case number: 1945/06 Awarded year: 1944/45

Jack Davidson

Jack Davidson was awarded a Certificate of Merit for actions involving a drowning, rescue at Northville on the 25th December 1944.

Letter of Commendation Case number: 1945/04 Awarded year: 1944/45

Leslie Amm

Leslie Amm was awarded a Certificate of Merit for actions involving a drowning, rescue at Northville on the 25th December 1944.

Letter of Commendation Case number: 1945/04a Awarded year: 1944/45

Private Norman Bright

Private Norman Bright was awarded a Certificate of Merit for actions involving a drowning, rescue at Northville on the 25th December 1944.

Letter of Commendation Case number: 1945/04b Awarded year: 1944/45

Jean Cairney

Jean Cairney was awarded a Bronze Medal for actions involving a drowning, rescue at Northville on the 25th December 1944.

Bronze Medal Case number: 1945/09 Awarded year: 1944/45

Emily Alica Hawkins

Emily Alica Hawkins was awarded a Silver Medal (Posthumous) for actions involving a drowning, rescue at Northville on the 25th December 1944.

Silver Medal Case number: 1945/21 Awarded year: 1944/45

Robert Stewart Brownsell

Robert Stewart Brownsell was awarded a Bronze Medal for actions involving poisonous gases at Port Kembla on the 10th November 1944.

Bronze Medal Case number: 1945/12 Awarded year: 1944/45

Peter Seccombe

Peter Seccombe was awarded a Bronze Medal for actions involving poisonous gases at Port Kembla on the 10th November 1944.

Bronze Medal Case number: 1945/12a Awarded year: 1944/45

Hugh Blair

Hugh Blair was awarded a Bronze Medal for actions involving poisonous gases at Port Kembla on the 10th November 1944.

Bronze Medal Case number: 1945/12b Awarded year: 1944/45

John McClelland

John McClelland was awarded a Bronze Medal (Posthumous) for actions involving poisonous gases at Port Kembla on the 10th November 1944.

Bronze Medal Case number: 1945/25 Awarded year: 1944/45

John William Gibbons

John William Gibbons was awarded a Cert. of Merit (Posthumous) for actions involving poisonous gases at Port Kembla on the 10th November 1944.

Case number: 1945/25a Awarded year: 1944/45

Joan Bondfield

Joan Bondfield was awarded a Certificate of Merit for actions involving a drowning, rescue at North Wollongong on the 26th October 1944.

Letter of Commendation Case number: 1945/02 Awarded year: 1944/45

William Stanley Stewart

William Stanley Stewart was awarded a Certificate of Merit for actions involving a drowning, rescue at Murwillumbah on the 15th October 1944.

Letter of Commendation Case number: 1945/03 Awarded year: 1944/45

Leslie James Jarrett

Leslie James Jarrett was awarded a Bronze Medal for actions involving a drowning, rescue at Murwillumbah on the 15th October 1944.

Bronze Medal Case number: 1945/08 Awarded year: 1944/45

Warrant Officer E. J. Markey

Warrant Officer E. J. Markey was awarded a Bronze Medal for actions involving a explosion at Hay on the 15th October 1944.

Bronze Medal Case number: 1945/13 Awarded year: 1944/45

Warrant Officer Thomas Eccles

Warrant Officer Thomas Eccles was awarded a Bronze Medal for actions involving a explosion at Hay on the 15th October 1944.

Bronze Medal Case number: 1945/13a Awarded year: 1944/45

Harry Woods

Harry Woods was awarded a Certificate of Merit for actions involving surf, rescue at Bondi on the 18th September 1944.

Letter of Commendation Case number: 1945/01 Awarded year: 1944/45

George Owers

George Owers was awarded a Certificate of Merit for actions involving surf, rescue at Bondi on the 18th September 1944.

Letter of Commendation Case number: 1945/01a Awarded year: 1944/45

Douglas McCulloch

Douglas McCulloch was awarded a Certificate of Merit for actions involving surf, rescue at Bondi on the 18th September 1944.

Letter of Commendation Case number: 1945/01b Awarded year: 1944/45

Henry Charles Coote

Henry Charles Coote was awarded a Certificate of Merit for actions involving surf, rescue at Bondi on the 18th September 1944.

Letter of Commendation Case number: 1945/01c Awarded year: 1944/45

Constable Leo Liddy

Constable Leo Liddy was awarded a Bronze Medal for actions involving surf, rescue at Bondi on the 18th September 1944.

Bronze Medal Case number: 1945/07 Awarded year: 1944/45

Private Mervyn Ward

Private Mervyn Ward was awarded a Bronze Medal for actions involving a drowning, rescue at George's River on the 17th September 1944.

Bronze Medal Case number: 1945/11 Awarded year: 1944/45

J. Foreman

J. Foreman was awarded a Bronze Medal for actions involving a electrocution at Tuggerah on the 15th September 1944.

Bronze Medal Case number: 1945/17 Awarded year: 1944/45

W. Chillas

W. Chillas was awarded a Bronze Medal for actions involving a electrocution at Tuggerah on the 15th September 1944.

Bronze Medal Case number: 1945/17a Awarded year: 1944/45

John Horn

John Horn was awarded a Certificate of Merit for actions involving a mine at Teralba on the 14th May 1944.

Letter of Commendation Case number: 1945/05 Awarded year: 1944/45

Peter Bowling

Peter Bowling was awarded a Certificate of Merit for actions involving a mine at Teralba on the 14th May 1944.

Letter of Commendation Case number: 1945/05a Awarded year: 1944/45

John Odgers

John Odgers was awarded a Certificate of Merit for actions involving a mine at Teralba on the 14th May 1944.

Letter of Commendation Case number: 1945/05b Awarded year: 1944/45

Vincent Odgers

Vincent Odgers was awarded a Silver Medal for actions involving a mine at Teralba on the 14th May 1944.

Silver Medal Case number: 1945/20 Awarded year: 1944/45

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