To make a posthumous Medal Application to the NZ Defence Force for World War 2 medals for your Grandfather, a seaman and member of the NZ Seaman’s Union, crewing on a ship of the ‘merchant navy of New Zealand’ on New Zealand coastal voyages, during World War 2.
Please download the information sheet kindly supplied by Graeme Coutts.
Posthumous medal application information sheet (PDF , 4 pages, 508 Kb)
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