My family is very famous as we have had members play for australia in Rugby league and even start the Legacy Foundation ! and as i was investigating my family i came across an inumerable amounts of soldiers sailors an pilots from my family. What strikes me most is that my Great Grandad i think flew the G-for George Lancaster bomeber in the AWM and i found through hisrecord he had a substatial number of medals and i was wondering were i could get these medals replicated legally. Can anyone help me with this ???
2007-10-16 21:50:23 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
contact the national archives of australia
2007-10-16 22:22:50 · answer #1 · answered by iberius 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
go to your internet explorer,type in ixquick and save it to favorires,on it,type in ww2 medals and start searching
2007-10-17 19:31:54 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe that all people have a claim to fame and not just rugby players.
AWM??
Don't be shy tell us the name of your famous family.
You cant get them through the military, as once they are originally issued thats it.
But as most if not all WW2 medals were issued un-numbered it is possible to buy them of such sites as ebay.
If you would care to list the medals that you are looking for, somebody who knows, might be able to give you approximate current sale prices.
Legacy had its origins in the Great War of 1914-18, in Gallipoli, Palestine, France and Flanders. Some of the men who returned from those battlefields felt their colleagues in business were failing to assist other returned men adequately. One of them who lived in Hobart decided to do something about it. His name was General Sir John Gellibrand.
In 1923 Gellibrand founded the Remembrance Club in Hobart. Its aim was to encourage returned servicemen in business. Stanley Savige, a former 24 Battalion Officer who had also served on Gellibrand's brigade staff, visited Hobart in August 1923. Gellibrand urged him to set up a similar club in Melbourne.
Soon after Savige's return to Melbourne, a group of ex-servicemen met to farewell one of their number who was about to go to England. Savige used this opportunity to bring up the idea of a club similar to Gellibrand's Remembrance Club. After several informal meetings, the Melbourne club's inaugural meeting was held in ANZAC House in Melbourne. For the next 26 years, due to his commitment, energy and enthusiasm, Savige's name became inseparable from both the club and the movement.
The Legacy Foundation:
In 1925 it was suggested that Legacy should look into caring for the children of deceased servicemen. This proposal was accepted and Legacy found its soul. The legacy of care continues today.
Council History:
Soon after Melbourne Legacy was formed in 1923, other Clubs were raised - in 1925 Geelong and, in 1926, Ballarat, Bendigo and Sydney.
In 1926, representatives of Melbourne, Ballarat and Geelong Clubs agreed to adopt the badge used by Melbourne and to register the name of Legacy so as to prevent commercial exploitation. They also agreed to form a Federal Council to ensure all Clubs would have some basic unity.
Some Clubs formed after 1926 did not accept the concept of the Federal Council. During the third annual conference of the Federal Council held in Ballarat in April 1929 Clubs agreed to dissolve the Council and, in its place, establish a Central Liaison Committee (CLC). The role of the CLC, which was formed in 1929 and based in Melbourne, was to ensure "co-operation", not "co-ordination". All Clubs accepted the basic objective of Legacy was the care of deceased soldiers' dependants.
At the 1930 Legacy Conference Melbourne Legacy's Charter was adopted which began, " The spirit of Legacy is service..." and ended with, "...and keep fair the name of Legacy". Except for amendments to include wars subsequent to the Great War, this Charter remains unchanged.
In an effort to strengthen the position of a unifying body for the Legacy movement, two Melbourne legatees (Legatee Savige and Legatee Kemsley) came up with a plan to have a Legacy Co-ordinating Council.
They recommended the President and Secretary of this Council be chosen by the Conference Club and that they should not be holding any office in their Club; members of Council would be from each State parent Club and one representing Clubs in each State; and Conferences and the site of Co-ordinating Council be restricted to three cities- Melbourne, Sydney and Adelaide.
After considerable debate and discussion and with a few amendments, the proposal to have a Co-ordinating Council was agreed and it was established on February 12, 1938 with Legatee Savige as its first President. CLC was then disbanded.
Later in 1938, Sydney Legacy recommended Co-ordinating Council remain in Melbourne, rather than come to Sydney. Next year, 1939, Sydney and Adelaide Clubs moved that Council be permanently based in Melbourne for purposes of continuity.
Ten years were to pass before the role of Co-ordinating Council was settled. The "Statement of Purposes" of Legacy Co-ordinating Council is set down in Legacy Statutes.
2007-10-17 06:28:34 · answer #3 · answered by conranger1 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋