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John Beaglehole
Title
Medal, campaign
Object type Home defence/home front/World War 2/wars
Classification: 278
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English: New Zealand War Service Medal 1939-45, WW2 Part of medal set awarded to 1939-1945 to Colonel Robert Gracie Milligan DSO OBE VD m-i-d cupronickel medal, 36mm diameter, suspender composed of two fern leaves joined at the stalk end obverse- uncrowned head of King George VI, surrounded by the legend ‘GEORGIUS VI D- G- BR- OMN- REX F-D- IND- IMP-’ Reverse- The inscription ‘FOR SERVICE TO NEW ZEALAND 1939-45; fern frond below Ribbon- 32mm wide grosgrain ribbon, coloured black with white edges
Date 10 Oct 1997; 1939-1945; World War 2/wars; 16 Oct 1997; [1948]; George VI (1936 - 1952)/House of Windsor/English reign
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diameter: 36mm
width: 32mm
height: 99mm

notes: medal set: 98x183mm
institution QS:P195,Q758657
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1997.77.1.7
Place of creation England; Auckland
Credit line Collection of Auckland War Memorial Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, 1997.77.1.7
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New Zealand Service Medal, 1939-1945 to Colonel Robert Gracie Milligan DSO OBE VD m-i-d (1891-1962) part of set of 11 medals RG Milligan served with the Volunteers and Territorials between 1910 and 1940. During WW1 he served overseas with the New Zealand Artillery and at the outset of WW2 he was Fortress Commander - Auckland Fortress area, retiring from this position in 1940. His total military service spanned thirty years. Career summary- Born in NSW Australia in 1891 and immigrated to New Zealand with his family in 1896. He enlisted as a gunner with No 2 Garrison Artillery Volunteers, Auckland, in 1910 and was promoted as Lieutenant at the outbreak of WW1. He then enlisted with the 3rd Auckland Mounted Rifles and sailed with the 5th Reinforcements, serving on Gallipoli until the evacuation. He then transferred to the New Zealand Field Artillery and served on the Western Front where he was promoted to the position of Major-Battery Commander. He was awarded the DSO (Distinguished Service Order) "For distinguished service in connection with military operations in France and Flanders." (London Gazette, 1 January 1919). Post-war Robert Milligan rejoined the Territorials as a Colonel and served as Aide de Camp to Lord Bledisloe. In 1939 he was appointed as Fortress Commander, Auckland, retiring from this position in 1940. In 1935 Col. Milligan was awarded an OBE (Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) for his services to the Territorials. He died, in Auckland, in August 1962. For details of career see Personal Record and Cenotaph data-base.

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