Medal to one of the last vets in the Mountains

By Jennie Curtin
Updated September 21 2020 - 2:26pm, first published September 18 2020 - 10:30am
Macquarie MP, Susan Templeman, presents WWII veteran Geoffrey Medcalf with his commemorative medal and certificate marking the 75th anniversary of the end of the war in the Pacific.
Macquarie MP, Susan Templeman, presents WWII veteran Geoffrey Medcalf with his commemorative medal and certificate marking the 75th anniversary of the end of the war in the Pacific.

It was in the depths of August, 1945, and 19-year-old Geoffrey Medcalf was mentally preparing for his first armed combat of the war.

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