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Title
Medal, decoration
Object type Missions; religion/wars
Classification: 273
Description
English: US Medal of Merit awarded to Methodist Missionary Reverend Archie Wharton Ellesmere Silvester, WW2 for his assistance in hiding 165 survivors of USS Helena for 8 days on Vella Lavella in the Solomon Islands gold and enamel medal on grosgrain ribbon with ribbon bar and rosette in original medal box markings- medal name marked in gilt on lid of medal box- MEDAL FOR MERIT
Date 27 Jul 2005; 1943; (Circa 1940s); World War 2-wars; 22 Jun 2005
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length x width: 110 x 40mm

notes: medal on ribbon: ribbon bar: 12mm x 35mm (h x w) rosette clasp: 12mm (diam) box: 165mm x 90mm x 30mm (h x w x d)
institution QS:P195,Q758657
Accession number
2005.56.1
Place of creation Vella Lavella; United States of America
Exhibition history Display: 9D
Credit line Collection of Auckland War Memorial Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, 2005.56.1
Notes Reverend Archie Wharton Ellesmere Silvester of Auckland served as a Methodist Missionary on Vella La Vella during WW2. During 1943 he helped hide 165 survivors from the USS Helena for 8 days as arrangements were made for their rescue. On 12 January 1946 President Harry Truman awarded him the US Order of Merit for "extraordinary fidelity and exceptionally meritorious conduct." (see further details on person file)
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