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I did read that they used charter planes to transport troops, circa 22,000 served down there!

Looking through the old. black & Whites paints an image of whilst extremely difficult times for these men somehow life looked much simpler through the photos, they still managed to look jolly and full of spirit don’t they !

I’m hoping at some stage the MOD will issue the medal so that I can get it framed and on my mum’s wall, she’s still fighting on at the ripe old age of 90 years old 😀

Passed in 2010 bless him, the DC said Pulmonary Embolism, he went to bed one night and didn’t wake up 🥲

I’ve just found 3 packets of old photos from the island which I’m looking through, most of the lads due to the secrecy of the tests genuinely thought they had hit the jackpot with an overseas ‘tropical’ first posting! The poor Islanders didn’t fare much better either!

There seems to be more and more evidence of health issues both ongoing and regrettably historic !

I’ve just completed an application for my late father for the Nuclear Test medal, I wondered if there are other folk on here who have done the same and any stories they could share on behalf of relatives who served on Christmas Island during these tests. My father joined the RAF as part of his...