Genuine full size medal group impressed NX30188 A. 1939-45 & Pacific Stars unnamed, Defence, War & Australian Service Medals impressed. Athol Balston was born in Gravesend, New South Wales on the 29. He was working as a Station Hand when he enlisted in the Australian Army on the 12. Athol was allocated service number NX30188 and was taken on strength with the 2/18th Australian Infantry Battalion on the 6. He embarked with the Battalion from Sydney on the 2. Of February 1941 and disembarked at Singapore on the 18. Of February 1942 Athol is recorded as, Missing Believed POW in Malaya. He is confirmed as Prisoner Of War on the 5. Athol was to spend the next three and a half years as a P. W with the Woodlands Force in Malaya. He was recovered from the Japanese at Changi in Singapore on the 5. Athol was awarded the 1939-45 & Pacific Stars, Defence, War and Australian Service medals in September 1953. He applied for a second issue in January 1959 and a third issue in May 1961 declaring that his previous awards had been destroyed or lost. This set believed to be his original group as there is no sign of a “D” or”R” impressed onto the medals that would indicate a duplicate or replacement set. Scarce POW group court mounted for display. The item “Australian WW2 2/18th Prisoner of War Malaya medal group” is in sale since Thursday, January 30, 2020. This item is in the category “Collectables\Militaria\1939 – 1945 (WWII)”. The seller is “sapper_mick4″ and is located in Keperra, QLD. This item can be shipped worldwide.
- Product Type: Medals
- Era: 1940s
- Country: Australia
- Authenticity: Original