Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Flying Officer R. R. Aitken, Royal Australian Air Force
1939-45 Star; Pacific Star; War Medal 1939-45; Australia Service Medal, all officially named ‘37783 R R Aitken’, very fine

Four: J. P. Smyth, Royal Australian Air Force
Pacific Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Australia Service Medal, all officially named ‘25194 J P Smyth’; together with the recipient’s cap badge and Air Force Association lapel badge, lacquered, good very fine

Pair: Squadron Leader H. B. Moloney, Royal Australian Air Force
War Medal 1939-45; Australia Service Medal, both officially named ‘20646 H. B. Moloney’, good very fine (10) £80-£120

Robert Ross Aitken was born in Doncaster, Victoria, on 9 November 1912 and enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Force in Sydney on 10 July 1941. He served as a Flying Officer during the Second World War, and was discharged on 2 April 1946.

J. P. Smyth enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Force at Bowen, Queensland, on 28 February 1942.

Harold B. Moloney enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Force in Sydney on 9 January 1941, and was promoted temporary Squadron Leader on 1 July 1944.