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 1948/49 (55 results)
Reginald Trew
Reginald Trew was awarded a Gold Medal for actions involving surf/shark attack at Bar Beach Newcastle on the 23rd July 1949.
John Thomas Rolls
John Thomas Rolls was awarded a Certificate of Merit for actions involving a river at Tuggerah Lake on the 9th May 1949.
Letter of Commendation Case number: 1949/32 Awarded year: 1948/49
Constable P.J. White
Constable P.J. White was awarded a Bronze Medal for actions involving a river at Wanaaring on the 3rd April 1949.
Cornelius Memory O'Brien
Cornelius Memory O'Brien was awarded a Bronze Medal for actions involving a fire/house at Chiswick on the 1st April 1949.
Noel Raymond Allen
Noel Raymond Allen was awarded a Bronze Medal for actions involving surf at Evans Head on the 29th March 1949.
Francis Bede Garrett
Francis Bede Garrett was awarded a Certificate of Merit for actions involving surf at Evans Head on the 29th March 1949.
Letter of Commendation Case number: 1949/31a Awarded year: 1948/49
Jack Neilson Falkner
Jack Neilson Falkner was awarded a Silver Medal for actions involving a mine at Broken Hill South Mine on the 21st March 1949.
John McCarthy
John McCarthy was awarded a Silver Medal for actions involving a mine at Broken Hill South Mine on the 21st March 1949.
Keith W. Sterland
Keith W. Sterland was awarded a Silver Medal for actions involving a drowning, rescue at Harbord Point on the 14th March 1949.
Percival James Ford
Percival James Ford was awarded a Silver Medal for actions involving sea at Wollongong on the 23rd February 1949.
George Brown
George Brown was awarded a Bronze Medal for actions involving sea at Wollongong on the 23rd February 1949.
Robert Halcomb Wallman
Robert Halcomb Wallman was awarded a Certificate of Merit for actions involving sea at Wollongong on the 23rd February 1949.
Letter of Commendation Case number: 1949/25 Awarded year: 1948/49
John William Cook
John William Cook was awarded a Certificate of Merit for actions involving sea at Wollongong on the 23rd February 1949.
Letter of Commendation Case number: 1949/25a Awarded year: 1948/49
Norman Richards
Norman Richards was awarded a Certificate of Merit for actions involving sea at Wollongong on the 23rd February 1949.
Letter of Commendation Case number: 1949/25b Awarded year: 1948/49
Bruce Joseph Smith
Bruce Joseph Smith was awarded a Certificate of Merit for actions involving sea at Wollongong on the 23rd February 1949.
Letter of Commendation Case number: 1949/25c Awarded year: 1948/49
Brian Douglas Rodgers
Brian Douglas Rodgers was awarded a Certificate of Merit for actions involving sea at Wollongong on the 23rd February 1949.
Letter of Commendation Case number: 1949/25d Awarded year: 1948/49
Ronald William Cobbold
Ronald William Cobbold was awarded a Certificate of Merit for actions involving sea at Wollongong on the 23rd February 1949.
Letter of Commendation Case number: 1949/25e Awarded year: 1948/49
Patrick James Harnett
Patrick James Harnett was awarded a Certificate of Merit for actions involving sea at Wollongong on the 23rd February 1949.
Letter of Commendation Case number: 1949/25f Awarded year: 1948/49
Colin Neil Argue
Colin Neil Argue was awarded a Certificate of Merit for actions involving sea at Wollongong on the 23rd February 1949.
Letter of Commendation Case number: 1949/25g Awarded year: 1948/49
Constable Maxwell Patrick Auld
Constable Maxwell Patrick Auld was awarded a Certificate of Merit for actions involving sea at Wollongong on the 23rd February 1949.
Letter of Commendation Case number: 1949/25h Awarded year: 1948/49
Valerie Barbara Price
Valerie Barbara Price was awarded a Bronze Medal for actions involving a river at Murrumbidgee River on the 26th January 1949.
William J. Martin
William J. Martin was awarded a Bronze Medal for actions involving a river/dam at Yetholme on the 21st January 1949.
Victor Watson Hodgson
Victor Watson Hodgson was awarded a Bronze Medal for actions involving a drowning, rescue at Toowoon Bay on the 18th January 1949.
Ernest James Maxwell Warner
Ernest James Maxwell Warner was awarded a Certificate of Merit for actions involving a drowning, rescue at Toowoon Bay on the 18th January 1949.
Letter of Commendation Case number: 1949/23a Awarded year: 1948/49
John James Drinan
John James Drinan was awarded a Certificate of Merit for actions involving a drowning, rescue at Toowoon Bay on the 18th January 1949.
Letter of Commendation Case number: 1949/23b Awarded year: 1948/49
Margaret Pope
Margaret Pope was awarded a Silver Medal for actions involving a drowning, rescue at Freshwater on the 13th January 1949.
James Maloney
James Maloney was awarded a Bronze Medal for actions involving a drowning, rescue at Nambucca Heads on the 2nd January 1949.
Alfred K. Smith
Alfred K. Smith was awarded a Certificate of Merit for actions involving an aircraft fire at Lockhart West on the 28th December 1948.
Letter of Commendation Case number: 1949/18 Awarded year: 1948/49
Colin J. Smith
Colin J. Smith was awarded a Certificate of Merit for actions involving an aircraft fire at Lockhart West on the 28th December 1948.
Letter of Commendation Case number: 1949/18a Awarded year: 1948/49
Harold Dowdy
Harold Dowdy was awarded a Silver Medal for actions involving a fire at Buronga on the 25th November 1948.
Jonathan L. Price
Jonathan L. Price was awarded a Bronze Medal for actions involving a drowning, rescue at Hunter River on the 21st November 1948.
Maxwell John Wilson
Maxwell John Wilson was awarded a Bronze Medal for actions involving a drowning, rescue at Hunter River on the 21st November 1948.
Raymond George McRae
Raymond George McRae was awarded a Bronze Medal for actions involving a drowning, rescue at Hunter River on the 21st November 1948.
Brian Horne
Brian Horne was awarded a Certificate of Merit for actions involving a river at Sydney Harbour on the 15th November 1948.
Letter of Commendation Case number: 1949/12 Awarded year: 1948/49
Ross C. Yenn
Ross C. Yenn was awarded a Certificate of Merit for actions involving a electrocution at Rozelle on the 7th November 1948.
Letter of Commendation Case number: 1949/17 Awarded year: 1948/49
Frank T. Gallard
Frank T. Gallard was awarded a Bronze Medal for actions involving surf/sea at Avoca Beach on the 9th October 1948.
Lindsay J. Smith
Lindsay J. Smith was awarded a Certificate of Merit for actions involving a stormwater pipe at Croydon on the 9th October 1948.
Letter of Commendation Case number: 1949/13 Awarded year: 1948/49
Sydney G. Leech
Sydney G. Leech was awarded a Certificate of Merit for actions involving a bolting horse at Rosehill on the 18th September 1948.
Letter of Commendation Case number: 1949/09 Awarded year: 1948/49
Edward J. Lowe
Edward J. Lowe was awarded a Bronze Medal for actions involving a drowning, rescue at Byron Bay on the 31st August 1948.
William R. Lowe
William R. Lowe was awarded a Certificate of Merit for actions involving a drowning, rescue at Byron Bay on the 31st August 1948.
Letter of Commendation Case number: 1949/10a Awarded year: 1948/49
Arthur Vickery
Arthur Vickery was awarded a Silver Medal for actions involving a drowning, rescue at Port Kembla on the 18th July 1948.
Renato Rispoli
Renato Rispoli was awarded a Certificate of Merit for actions involving a drowning, rescue at Port Kembla on the 18th July 1948.
Letter of Commendation Case number: 1949/02a Awarded year: 1948/49
Robert George Melrose Challis
Robert George Melrose Challis was awarded a Certificate of Merit for actions involving a drowning, rescue at Cronulla on the 18th July 1948.
Letter of Commendation Case number: 1949/05 Awarded year: 1948/49
James Perryman
James Perryman was awarded a Certificate of Merit for actions involving a drowning, rescue at Cronulla on the 18th July 1948.
Letter of Commendation Case number: 1949/05a Awarded year: 1948/49
Dimitri Koussis
Dimitri Koussis was awarded a Silver Medal for actions involving a drowning, rescue at Bondi on the 18th July 1948.
Colin McKenzie
Colin McKenzie was awarded a Bronze Medal for actions involving a railway at Auburn Railway Station on the 17th July 1948.
Patrick C. Craddock
Patrick C. Craddock was awarded a Bronze Medal (Posthumous) for actions involving a fire at Waratah on the 11th July 1948.
Douglas Frederick Lyons
Douglas Frederick Lyons was awarded a Bronze Medal for actions involving a railway at Sydney Central Railway Station on the 10th July 1948.
Raymond Reginald Gorrell
Raymond Reginald Gorrell was awarded a Bronze Medal for actions involving a railway at Sydney Central Railway Station on the 10th July 1948.
George H Garbutt
George H Garbutt was awarded a Bronze Medal for actions involving a flood at Richmond River on the 19th June 1948.
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