A Unique Coincidence

Radio Record, Volume II, Issue 41, 26 April 1929, Page 6

A Unique Coincidence

Histery of a Lost Medal PROBABLY the most unique coincidence in the radio history of New Zealand occurred last Friday night, when Mr. J. H. Owen was delivering from 2YA an address on his experiences abroad. During the course of this lecture, Mr. Owen said, "Whilst walking in St. William White Park, in Winnipeg, a strange thing happened. My wife picked up a Great War Victory Medal engraved 74/786-Pte. G. L. Gregory, N.Z.E.F. The medal was handed‘to a park constable and in due course a letter reached me from the Defence Office at Ottawa, saying that the medal had been forwarded to the Defenece-Department, New Zealand, for safe keep-. ing in the hope that it would reach the owner or his family." Whilst Mr. Owen was still at the microphone an officer of the Defence Department communicated with the studio saying that the lecturer would be pleased to learn that the medal had reached the Base Records, Wellington, and had since been forwarded to the soldier to whom it belonged. ‘The an--nouncenient was placed in Mr. Owen’s hands, his talk was interrupted, and the pleasing information was broadcast. MT CHANNAHON