Private R.S.G. Smith s WWI British Victory medal.
News by Jack Paynter 23rd Apr 2021 10:39 AM A war medal lost at a Melbourne beach almost 100 years ago has been reunited with the family of a World War I digger just in time for Anzac Day. Private R.S.G. Smith lost his WWI British Victory medal at Chelsea beach in 1925 and passed away on April 23, 1963 without ever getting it back. The medal was found about 10km away at Beaumaris beach in 1980, but it s rightful owner remained a mystery until it was recently passed to Lilydale police Sergeant Vaughan Atherton. The man who found the medal 40 years ago was married at the time but later passed away, and his wife later remarried.
Police believe man who assaulted teen on jet ski in Altona may have more victims
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The girl was taken into deep waters and assaulted before being returned to the pier.
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Police are concerned there could be more victims of a man who lured a teenager onto a jet ski then sexually assaulted her in Melbourne s west last month.
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Police said there was evidence there could be other offenders using jet skis to target young women
Investigators praised the 15-year-old for reporting the assault to police
Anyone who may have seen the man is urged to contact Crime Stoppers