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 1955/56 (64 results)
Stewart Derwin
Stewart Derwin was awarded a Certificate of Merit for actions involving a drowning, rescue at Era Beach on the 31st December 1956.
Letter of Commendation Case number: 1956/19b Awarded year: 1955/56
Leo Walker
Leo Walker was awarded a Certificate of Merit for actions involving a drowning, rescue at Era Beach on the 31st December 1956.
Letter of Commendation Case number: 1956/19c Awarded year: 1955/56
Detective Constable F.T. Holloway
Detective Constable F.T. Holloway was awarded a Certificate of Merit for actions involving surf at Era Beach on the 31st December 1956.
Letter of Commendation Case number: 1956/19d Awarded year: 1955/56
Constable Robert Cain
Constable Robert Cain was awarded a Certificate of Merit for actions involving a train at Burwood Railway Station on the 7th April 1956.
Letter of Commendation Case number: 1956/22 Awarded year: 1955/56
William L. Kean
William L. Kean was awarded a Bronze Medal for actions involving poisonous gases at Five Dock on the 6th March 1956.
William L. Allan
William L. Allan was awarded a Certificate of Merit for actions involving a river/submerged vehicle at Barraba on the 2nd March 1956.
Letter of Commendation Case number: 1956/23 Awarded year: 1955/56
Terence McDonald
Terence McDonald was awarded a Certificate of Merit for actions involving a river/submerged vehicle at Barraba on the 2nd March 1956.
Letter of Commendation Case number: 1956/23a Awarded year: 1955/56
Arthur Shearer
Arthur Shearer was awarded a Certificate of Merit for actions involving a river/submerged vehicle at Barraba on the 2nd March 1956.
Letter of Commendation Case number: 1956/23b Awarded year: 1955/56
Police Cadet A.B. Hayer
Police Cadet A.B. Hayer was awarded a Bronze Medal for actions involving a river at Kogarah Bay on the 26th February 1956.
Jack Woodward
Jack Woodward was awarded a Certificate of Merit for actions involving a drowning, rescue at Fairfield on the 28th January 1956.
Letter of Commendation Case number: 1956/14 Awarded year: 1955/56
Dennis Murray
Dennis Murray was awarded a Certificate of Merit for actions involving a drowning, rescue at Fairfield on the 28th January 1956.
Letter of Commendation Case number: 1956/14a Awarded year: 1955/56
David H.J. Jones
David H.J. Jones was awarded a Certificate of Merit for actions involving a drowning, rescue at Warwick Farm on the 8th January 1956.
Letter of Commendation Case number: 1956/15 Awarded year: 1955/56
Edwin James Markey
Edwin James Markey was awarded a Silver Medal (Posthumous) for actions involving poisonous gases at Hay on the 7th January 1956.
Constable Rex White
Constable Rex White was awarded a Bronze Medal for actions involving poisonous gases at Hay on the 7th January 1956.
Graeme B. Mitchell
Graeme B. Mitchell was awarded a Bronze Medal for actions involving poisonous gases at Hay on the 7th January 1956.
N. Phillips
N. Phillips was awarded a Bronze Medal for actions involving a capsized vessel at Nowra on the 2nd January 1956.
John Owen Andrews
John Owen Andrews was awarded a Bronze Medal for actions involving a drowning, rescue at Port Kembla on the 31st December 1955.
Leonard James Slapp
Leonard James Slapp was awarded a Bronze Medal for actions involving surf/rocks at Milton Bannister Beach on the 31st December 1955.
Leslie George Baker
Leslie George Baker was awarded a Bronze Medal for actions involving a drowning, rescue at Fraser Park Beach on the 31st December 1955.
Edward Martin Baker
Edward Martin Baker was awarded a Certificate of Merit for actions involving a drowning, rescue at Fraser Park Beach on the 31st December 1955.
Letter of Commendation Case number: 1956/16a Awarded year: 1955/56
John Thomas Strutton
John Thomas Strutton was awarded a Bronze Medal for actions involving a drowning, rescue at Era Beach on the 31st December 1955.
Donald E. Newland
Donald E. Newland was awarded a Certificate of Merit for actions involving surf at Era Beach on the 31st December 1955.
Letter of Commendation Case number: 1956/19a Awarded year: 1955/56
Edward Richards
Edward Richards was awarded a Certificate of Merit for actions involving a drowning, rescue at Killcare Beach on the 31st December 1955.
Letter of Commendation Case number: 1956/20 Awarded year: 1955/56
Hendrikus A. Vanalste
Hendrikus A. Vanalste was awarded a Bronze Medal for actions involving surf/rocks at Avalon on the 29th December 1955.
Johannes-ten Vaanholt
Johannes-ten Vaanholt was awarded a Certificate of Merit for actions involving surf/rocks at Avalon on the 29th December 1955.
Letter of Commendation Case number: 1956/13a Awarded year: 1955/56
Raymond John Tobin
Raymond John Tobin was awarded a Certificate of Merit for actions involving a drowning, rescue at South Grafton on the 24th December 1955.
Letter of Commendation Case number: 1956/09 Awarded year: 1955/56
Desmond Hughes
Desmond Hughes was awarded a Certificate of Merit for actions involving a drowning, rescue at South Grafton on the 24th December 1955.
Letter of Commendation Case number: 1956/09a Awarded year: 1955/56
William Barry Cawthorne
William Barry Cawthorne was awarded a Certificate of Merit for actions involving a lake rescue at Lake Macquarie on the 19th December 1955.
Letter of Commendation Case number: 1956/17 Awarded year: 1955/56
Constable G.A. Riley
Constable G.A. Riley was awarded a Bronze Medal for actions involving a cliff at Watsons Bay The Gap on the 17th November 1955.
C.B. Heath
C.B. Heath was awarded a Bronze Medal for actions involving a river at Jingellic Murray River on the 7th October 1955.
Beryl Joan Blackley
Beryl Joan Blackley was awarded a Bronze Medal for actions involving a river/flood at Deniliquin on the 19th September 1955.
Harold C. Cairns
Harold C. Cairns was awarded a Bronze Medal for actions involving sea/rocks at Lord Howe Island on the 27th August 1955.
D.I. Richardson
D.I. Richardson was awarded a Bronze Medal for actions involving a river at Taree Manning River near on the 18th August 1955.
Constable Gordon P. Shonk
Constable Gordon P. Shonk was awarded a Certificate of Merit for actions involving a capsized vessel at Cronulla on the 4th August 1955.
Letter of Commendation Case number: 1956/06 Awarded year: 1955/56
Constable T.W. Sneyd
Constable T.W. Sneyd was awarded a Certificate of Merit for actions involving a capsized vessel at Cronulla on the 4th August 1955.
Letter of Commendation Case number: 1956/06a Awarded year: 1955/56
Heather Briggs
Heather Briggs was awarded a Bronze Medal for actions involving a fire/child's clothing at Newtown on the 20th July 1955.
Leslie R. Hare
Leslie R. Hare was awarded a Certificate of Merit for actions involving an aircraft at Liverpool on the 18th June 1955.
Letter of Commendation Case number: 1956/05 Awarded year: 1955/56
Constable Bernard Alfred Orrock Orrock
Constable Bernard Alfred Orrock Orrock was awarded a Bronze Medal (Posthumous) for actions involving a flood at Hunter River area on the 1st February 1955.
Constable W.T. Sunderland
Constable W.T. Sunderland was awarded a Bronze Medal for actions involving a flood at Hunter River area on the 1st February 1955.
Detective Sergeant L.V. Moore
Detective Sergeant L.V. Moore was awarded a Bronze Medal for actions involving a flood at Hunter River area on the 1st February 1955.
Detective Senior Constable T.A. Cole
Detective Senior Constable T.A. Cole was awarded a Bronze Medal for actions involving a flood at Hunter River area on the 1st February 1955.
Sergeant L.F. Newman
Sergeant L.F. Newman was awarded a Bronze Medal for actions involving a flood at Hunter River area on the 1st February 1955.
Constable R.J. Mills
Constable R.J. Mills was awarded a Bronze Medal for actions involving a flood at Hunter River area on the 1st February 1955.
Ex Constable K.H. Baker
Ex Constable K.H. Baker was awarded a Bronze Medal for actions involving a flood at Hunter River area on the 1st February 1955.
Padre Padre J.W.T. Henderson
Padre Padre J.W.T. Henderson was awarded a Bronze Medal for actions involving a flood at Hunter River area on the 1st February 1955.
H.L.J. Keppie
H.L.J. Keppie was awarded a Bronze Medal for actions involving a flood at Hunter River area on the 1st February 1955.
Constable R.D. Masters
Constable R.D. Masters was awarded a Certificate of Merit for actions involving a flood at Hunter River area on the 1st February 1955.
Letter of Commendation Case number: 1956/01i Awarded year: 1955/56
Constable F.M. Aldred
Constable F.M. Aldred was awarded a Certificate of Merit for actions involving a flood at Hunter River area on the 1st February 1955.
Letter of Commendation Case number: 1956/01j Awarded year: 1955/56
Constable C.N. Paff
Constable C.N. Paff was awarded a Certificate of Merit for actions involving a flood at Hunter River area on the 1st February 1955.
Letter of Commendation Case number: 1956/01k Awarded year: 1955/56
Edward E. Copelin
Edward E. Copelin was awarded a Certificate of Merit for actions involving a flood at Hunter River area on the 1st February 1955.
Letter of Commendation Case number: 1956/01l Awarded year: 1955/56
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