In the same week, from the same guy, a lowly Imperial Service Medal issued to Rowland Birchall. Rowland was awarded this in 1985 upon his retirement from the Ministry of Defence where he worked as a Overlooker. Whatever the hell that is. Maybe some kind of supervisor?
In my unrelenting hunt for medals to my surname I occasionally come across these Imperial Service Medals. Usually they are terrifically hard to find any real info on as the recipients are often faceless career public servants. This one here is named to a Miss Olive Birchall. I couldn’t find her in the gazette although I did find her entry into the Post Office as a telephonist in 1915.
Kiwi Medals 