Medal for Liberation of North China : Private J C Burgess, 3 Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment

Circular brass Communist Chinese medal with ribbon. The obverse of the medal shows an armed Chinese soldier standing before a red enamelled Communist Chinese flag. There is a scroll beneath bearing Chinese characters which forms part of the circular laurel wreath border. The reverse of the medal has been cast to produce the date '1950'. The ribbon is red with a horizontally aligned narrow yellow strip in the middle.

Collected by 2/400460 Private Jim C Burgess who served in 3 Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR) during the Korean War. Burgess enlisted in K Force as a volunteer on 13 July 1951. He trained at Ingleburn Camp in Sydney before moving to Japan for further training. He was posted to Korea in December 1951 and served in C Company, 9 Platoon, 3RAR. He found the Chinese medals in early January 1952, near Hill 355 in Korea. After completing his tour of duty he returned to Japan in December 1952. In January 1953 he transferred to the Royal Corps of Australia Electrical and Mechanical Engineers in Kure, Japan where he served until July of that year.