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    Auction house to sell ‘secret’ medal awarded to Welshman for wartime gallantry

    by Ellie Ng Dec 18, 2023 2 minutes
    Source: Noonans

    An auction house will sell a “secret” medal awarded to a Welshman who participated in a raid on Japanese-occupied Singapore Harbour in the Second World War.

    The medal was given to one of only two men involved in “Operation Jaywick” in 1943, which saw Australian Commandos perform the raid in a fishing boat, Noonans Mayfair announced.

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