Twilight Talks 2025, Season 2 | Connections to War from a Ballarat Perspective: Medals and Memorabilia

Name: Twilight Talks 2025, Season 2 | Connections to War from a Ballarat Perspective: Medals and Memorabilia
Start: 2025-04-16T17:30:00+10:00
End: 2025-04-16T18:30:00+10:00
Location: BMI – Humffray Room

Twilight Talks 2025, Season 2 | Connections to War from a Ballarat Perspective: Medals and Memorabilia

April 16 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm

Bar open at 5pm

$9 – $13

Humffray Room

Medals and Memorabilia

David will talk about Australian medals from the Sudan in 1885, The Boer War 1899-1905, WW1, WW2 and the other conflicts where Australians were awarded medals. He will also talk about the correct wearing and care of medals, about the various badges such as the Widow’s Badge and the Mother’s Badge. David will answer questions on any aspect of medals and military memorabilia.

Speaker: David Wright

Manchester born David Wright emigrated to Adelaide in 1964, aged 5, and became interested in collecting medals and memorabilia. He served in the Ordnance Corps in the Regular Army from 1976 to 1986. This led to a Storeman’s position during the building of the Adelaide Casino.

David moved to Ballarat in 1997 and worked in the area he loved of Medals and Memorabilia with I. S. Wright. In 2007 David opened his own shop. David Wright Militaria and Collectables, fittingly now located in Shepherd Street behind the old Ranger Barracks (now Dan Murphy’s).

This event is proudly supported by Community Bank Buninyong

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