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TOBRUK "RATS"
AWARD OWN MEDALS
SYDNEY, Monday. -
Capt. Stanley Goulston, a former Sydney
doctor, who is now medical officer to
a Pioneer Battalion of the AIP,
has been presented by men of
his battalion with one of the famous
"Tobruk Rat" medals. These medals
were made by members of the AIF
during the siege of Tobruk from
shell casings and other metal scraps
and awarded to colleagues they
thought worthy of them.
Capt. Goulston received his be-
cause during the 6 1/2 months he was
with his battalion in Tobruk he did
not lose a case through illness.
Another of the medals was pre-
sented to Maj.-Gen. Morshead, Com-
manding Officer of the AIF in
Tobruk.
The Australian troops decided to
make the medals following broadcasts
by the Berlin propagandist "Lord
Haw Haw," who described them as
"The rats of Tobruk-Germany's
self-supporting prisoners of war."
Inscribed upon the strips of bronze
and brass which take the place of
the silk on official medals, are the
words, "Presented by Lord Haw Haw
to the Tobruk Rats, 1941." The
medal proper is triangular in shape
resembling an AIF colour patch. A
brass rat is the central figure.