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Papers and realia of Laurence Nicholas Bruce: Dutch Bravery Medal

Date
1942-03-03
Place
Broome
Subject
Category
Keywords
enemy
Current holder
Item number
ACC 7735A
Access rights
Request at location
Country of origin
Language
Period of reference
1942 to 1945
Description from source
12p., + boxed medallion.

Silver Medal for Humane Assistance awarded to Laurence N. Bruce by the Royal Netherlands Government for his role in saving several wounded Dutchmen during an enemy attack on Broome, 3rd March, 1942. Correspondence dated 1945 relating to the award; copy of an interview with Captain H. Mathisen, master of the ‘Nickel Bay’ at Rockingham, 11 November 1944; genealogical information on the Bruce family of Cossack; photocopy of Japanese report of the raid (in Japanese)
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