A Bingley (Yorkshire) interest Malaya & Marlinga / Wommera Australia (Nuclear Test Site) & Long Service medal pair: Staff Sergeant Major Ralph Garnett Halliday, Royal Army Pay Corps

- General Service Medal 1918-62. GVI 2nd issue & clasp 'Malaya' (22078981 Sgt. R. Halliday. R.A.P.C.)
- Military LS&GC Medal. EIIR 2nd issue 'Regular Army' (22078981 W.O. Cl. 2. R. G. Halliday. RAPC.)

Sold together with:

- Group photograph, with recipient identified standing 3rd from right in back row, with 2 x medal ribbons-up
- Some hard-copy research inc borth/ death certificates

British Nuclear Tests: Research with the medal (taken from RAPC sources), confirm that Acting Staff Sergeant Halliday was posted to Marlinga. South Australia January 1958

Maralinga is a remote region located in the Great Victoria Desert of South Australia, approximately 800 kilometres (500 miles) northwest of Adelaide. It is part of the Woomera Prohibited Area and is situated about 516 km northwest of Ceduna, noted for being the site of British nuclear tests conducted between 1956 and 1963

Medals Verification: Medal rolls for post 1947 campaigns and long service medals are not accessible in the public domain. However the medals entitlement si confirmed from below sources:

- GSM Medal 1918-62: Group photo from RAPC archives shows recipient with 2 x medal ribbons up
- LS&CC Medal: Awarded 03/11/66

Ralph Garnett Halliday, son of George Halliday (an Iron Turner) and Hilda Halliday (nee Garnett) was a native of Bingley, Yorkshire, England, where he was born, 23 July 1930. Ralph enlisted in the British Army in 1948 and was posted to the Royal Army Pay Corps. He was promoted Staff Quartermaster Sergeant on 1 February 1965, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 3 November 1966. Promoted Staff Sergeant Major on 2 March 1969, he was discharged on 23 January 1973 and died in York, England, 19 January 1997

The medals mounted in the swing-style and as worn by the recipient. The medal ribands suspended from a white metal mounting bar which latter retains its long hinged pin & clasp fittings

Condition: GVF

Code: 25855