One group was sent to defend the airfield at Laha on the west side of Ambon Bay
(Also accompanied by Document of Authenticity from Dietrich Maerz
ALLUM: Colonial Meritorious Service Medal
then by the 21st Battalion on June 16th
Neville later immigrated to Canada and was a resident of St
A Post First War Mine Clearance Service Cuff Badge 1918-1920 GTRexclude One group was sent toGreat Britain; Bronze gilt, unmarked, 56. 5 mm (w) x 80. 7 mm (h), both lugs intact, scattered gilt wear, near extremely fine. Footnote: At the end of the First World War, the Admiralty appointed an International Mine Clearance Committee on which 26 countries were represented. The Supreme War Council allotted each Power an area to clear, the largest falling to Great Britain. Some 40,000 square miles of sea needed clearing. In February 1919, the Royal