FINE RECORDS

MAJOR FROM CASSINO COLONEL'S BAR TO D.S.O. Now awarded a bar to his Distinguished Service Order, LieutenantColonel Henry Michael McElroy was an accountant at Dargaville in civil life, and received his first appointment to a commission in the North Auckland Regiment in 1932. He was posted to the Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force as a captain in 1940, and went overseas with the Second Echelon,

For his leadership and determination at Ruweisak Ridge on duly 14-15, 1942, Colonel McElroy was awarded the D.S.O. He became separated from hifi battalion during a clash with enemy tanks, and with GO men continued to advance independently, _ destroying numerous enemy posts, killing many of the enemy and taking 40 prisoners. Charge Against Italians When he iound himself still isolated at davbreak, on the edge of a depression filled with Italians, he extended his party and charged. After an exchange of fire and bayonet-fight-ing. tin.' Italians surrendered, and Colonel McElroy delivered 40 officers aud 460 other ranks as prisoners to a neighbouring formation before returning to his own unit. Major John Wilson Reynolds, who is among the latest winners of the D.5.0., is the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. 1. G. Reynolds, oi Hamilton. He was born in Hamilton 25 years ago. and was educated at the Hamilton High School. Before leaving New Zealand as a second-lieutenant with the Third Echelon, Major Reynolds was employed on the staff ot the Hamilton branch of the Bank of New Zealand. He saw action in Greece, and was subsequently wounded at El Alamein. Cut Off for Seven Days Later, Major Reynolds returned to' the division and took part in the Tunisian campaign. He attended a senior staff school at Haifa, and rejoined his battalion at Cassino. At one stage, below the monastery at Point 202, the company of which he was the commanding officer was cut off for seven davs and "had to be supplied from the air. Major Reynolds returned on furlough a week ago. He is a grandson of the Hon. B. C. Robbins, M.L.C., of Tauranga.

Among those who have been awarded the Military Cross is Captain Peter Frederick Te Heuheu Ornberg, of Paraparaumu, who has since died of wounds. He was educated at the Martinborough High School, Nelson College and Victoria University College, and was employed in the Native Department at Wellington when he enlisted as a private three years ago. He was ■mentioned in despatches in April. Captain Ornberg was a great-grand-son, on his mother's side, of Te Heuheu Tukino (Horonuku), chief of the NgatiTuwharetoa Tribe, of Taupo, who presented the Tongariro National Park to the people of New Zealand. He was also a great-grandson of the Rev. T. S. Grace, first missionary to reside among the Taupo people. Ruweisak Ridge Exploit Recipients of the Military Cross include Lieutenant Alfred John Yoss, of Tauranga, who was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal in 1942. Lieutenant Voss, who is 20, is the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Voss, of McLaren's Falls. Born in England, he was educated at Bishop Wordsworth's School at Salisbury, and at the Tauranga District High School. The award of the D.C.M. was made to Lieutenant Voss, at that time a corporal, for an attack 011 a machinegun post on Ruweisak Ridge in 1942. He destroyed the post and its crew with hand grenades on the morning of July 15. Later the same morning, he attacked a tank with a pick-axe in an effort to damage its tracks, in spite of the fact that grenades were hurled at him by the crew.

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MR. HOLLAND'S TOUR

(0.C.) CHRISTCHURCH, Sunday "Our thoughts go out to the men on the coast of Normandy to-night, and we should ask ourselves, have we all contributed our maximum to make the greatest of all military ventures the success it should be," said the Leader of the Opposition, Mr. S. G. Holland, in an address to a crowded audience. He quoted figures of New Zealand's decreased export killings of meat to show why he had deemed it his duty to tour New Zealand in an attempt to assist the campaign for increased production. "You will now be able to appreciate why I have chosen —no one asked me — to "give my time in discussing these matters with the people of New Zealand," said Mr. Holland. "I am happy to say the result has been to stimulate production. I am not claiming any particular credit for it, because all I have done is what I consider my duty. "There is nothing political in this. It is the question of the survival of the finest nation on earth. What other nation in history could have risen from the ashes of defeat after Dunkirk as Britain has done? We owe it, to these people, and their great leader, Mr. Churchill, that no act within our capacity should be left undone."

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