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Medal, campaign   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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William McMillan; MacKennal, Bertram
Title
Medal, campaign
Object type Wounded/wars
Classification: 278
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English: British War Medal 1914-1920, WW1 Medal awarded to 12-2669 S-Sgt Gladwyn Douglas Connell, 1NZEF Staff Sergeant GD Connell served with the Pay Corps silver medal; 36mm diameter; straight non-swivelling suspender, with ribbon obverse- head of King George V with the legend ‘GEORGIUS V BRITT- OMN- REX ET IND- IMP-’ reverse- Naked figure of St. George on horseback facing right. The horse is trampling on an eagle shield and cross bones Around the edge are the dates, ‘1914’ and ‘1918’ named on rim- 12-2669 S-SJT.G.D.CONNELL N.Z.E.F. ribbon- grosgrain ribbon, 32mm wide, orange band in centre, bordered with white, black and blue stripes.
Date 1919; 11 Apr 2003; World War 1, 1914-18-wars; George V (1910 - 1936)-House of Windsor-English reign; 14 Mar 2003
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diameter: 36mm
width: 32mm

notes: 36mm diameter (medal); 32mm wide (ribbon)
institution QS:P195,Q758657
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2003.17.2
Place of creation England
Exhibition history Display: 9D
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Collection of Auckland War Memorial Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira,

2003.17.2
Notes British War Medal issued to 12-2669 Staff Sergeant Gladwyn Douglas Connell, 1NZEF, WW1. During WW1 Gladwyn Connell, youngest son of John Aitken Connell, enlisted initially with the Auckland Regiment but was later posted to the NZ Army Pay Corps and served as a Staff Sergeant. He served for a total of 4 years 232 days and received an Honourable Discharge for disabilities being 'unfit for War Service on account of illness contracted on Active Service' (certificate dated 30 April 1920). Despite this he only received a war pension shortly before his death, aged 50 years, on 15th June 1933. At the time Gladwyn Connell was living at Devonport, Auckland.
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