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Fact #88818

When:

21061965

Short story:

In Port Moresby, New Guinea, government official Richard Pape returns his Military Medal to Her Majesty The Queen in protest against the award of MBEs to The Beatles.

Full article:

Richard Pape : The Beatles' MBE reeks of mawkish, bizarre effrontery to our war-time endeavours.