Mercantile Marine War Medal : J Cubby

Mercantile Marine War Medal. The recipient's name is impressed on the edge. Obverse: The coinage head of King George V with the legend, 'GEORGIVS V BRITT: OMN: REX ET IND: IMP:'. Reverse: Within a border of laurel, a merchant steamship is shown in a heavy sea. In the right background is a sailing ship and in the middle distance to the right is a sinking submarine. The wording 'FOR WAR SERVICE MERCANTILE MARINE 1914-1918' in three lines is in the exergue. The medal is fitted with a straight fixed suspender. A piece of 32 mm wide watered green and red ribbon divided by a thin white stripe is attached to the suspender.

Awarded to John Cubby for service in the Mercantile Marine during the First World War. The medal was issued by the Board of Trade to officers and men who served on one or more voyages through a danger zone. This medal is part of a collection assembled by the late Hon. Sir Thomas Hughes, Member of the Legislative Council of New South Wales. It was presented to the Memorial in memory of his son, Captain Roger Forrest Hughes, Australian Army Medical Corps, who died of wounds in France on 11 December 1916 and his grandson, Flying Officer Peter Roger Forrest Hughes, 12 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, who was killed on active service while flying in the Northern Territory on 3 October 1942.