Group of minature medals: Flight Lieutenant J W Shipman, 100 Squadron, RAAF

Group of miniature medals for 1939-45 Star, Pacific Star, British War Medal 1939-45 and Australia Service Medal. Unnamed as issued.

Associated with 422085 Flight Lieutenant John William Shipman. Shipman served with 100 Squadron, RAAF, flying Bristol Beaufort aircraft, and died during flying battle over New Guinea on 13 March 1945. Miniature medals were not an issue item and Shipman's family would have purchased the miniatures after the end of the Second World War.