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A 1914 - 18 War medallion was recently
returned to Nannup resident John Nash.
John is a nephew of William Henry Nash of
Bridgetown. William was killed in ac• on
ﬁ gh• ng for the 51st Ba• alion on the Western
Front at the Ba• le of Polygon Wood on 26th
September 1917. He was 19 years, 2 months
and 9 days old when he died. At the • me, the
medal along with two other medals of honour
were sent to William’s parents. Time passed
un• l one day in 1965, the medal was found
buried in a sandy backyard of a house in Maylands
by an 11 year old boy who had migrated to
Australia from England. The boy, now 65 years
old, decided 3 years ago to try and ﬁ nd
the righ• ul rela• ve to return the medal to. He
contacted the Bridgetown Historical Society
who found a Phillip Nash on Facebook and with
further research, discovered that John Nash was
William Henry’s nephew. John was contacted by
the Bridgetown Historical Society in February 2019
and the medal was sent to him in due course.
Thanks for submi•

ng this hear• elt story Val, if only

medals could talk - Ed.

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War Medallion Finds Its Way Home

By SueClaire Donovan. Information supplied by
Val Nash. Photographs by SueClaire Donovan

Dear Lord,

I am ge•

ng on in

years
So may I make a plea,
Would you consider
for me,
A special place in
heaven?

You

see

have

children,
And

grandchildren

too!
They are very good
and kind,
I’m sure they will
make the grade,

So please, I have not
always
Been the best that I
could be,
But I will be so lonely,
If they were not with
me

Gwen Gennery

Pictured right is
Trevor Hay (Telegraph
in hand) at ‘The Little
Mermaid’ bronze
sculpture by Edvard
Eriksen, displayed on

a rock by the waterside at the Langelinie promenade
in Copenhagen, Denmark. The small and unimposing
statue is a Copenhagen icon and has been a major
tourist attraction since its unveiling in 1913.

Information sourced from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Little_
Mermaid_(statue)

Nannup Telegraph April 2019

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