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889565
  • Title
    Bronze medal awarded to Ole Thorpe 30th May 1886 by the Royal Humane Society of Australasia
  • Creator
  • Call number
    SAFE/R 191/Item qqq
  • Level of description
    fonds
  • Date

    30 May 1886
  • Type of material
  • Reference code
    889565
  • Issue Copy
    Copy print : R 191/Item qqq
    Available on open access in the Mitchell Library Reading Room
  • Physical Description
    1 medal - bronze with a navy ribbon attached to it from a pin bar
  • Scope and Content
    On the reverse of the medal 'Virtute Paratum' (motto) with the Society's emblem.
  • Access Conditions

    Access via appointment
  • Description source

    Information transferred from pictures card catalogue as part of the eRecords Project, 2009-2010
  • General note

    Ole Thorpe was a member of the crew of S.S. 'Lyee-Moon' wrecked off Green Cape on 30th May 1886.

    Certificate of award by the National Shipwreck Relief Society of N.S.W. is filed at D375/no.2. A medal accompanying the certificate is filed with the bronze medal at R 191/ppp.
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