AWARDS MADE.
DECORATIONS FOR SOLDIERS SERVICE IN THE MIDDLE EAST (P.A.) WELLINGT@N, January 19. The Prime Minister (the Rt. Hon. P. Fraser) announced to-night that the following awards and decorations had been conferred on New Zealand personnel for service in the Middle East: Distinguished Service Order. Major Claude Herman Sawyers, N.Z.A. Wife, Mrs K. Sawyers, Auckland. Military Cross. Captain Denver James Fountaine, Infantry Brigade. Father, Mr J. C. Fountaine, Westport. Lieutenant George Lacey Lee (died of wounds), Machine-gun Battalion. Widow, Dr. Clara Lee, Sydney. Lieutenant Cyril Stennart Pepper, N.Z.A. Wife, Mrs A. J. Pepper, Auckland. Lieutenant Alfred Charles Yeoman, Infantry Brigade, Mother, Mrs M. Yeoman, Taneatua. Second-Lieutenant Charles Harold Cathie, Infantry Brigade. Father. Mr W. E. Cathie, Wellington. Second - Lieutenant Albert Ronald Guthrey, Infantry Brigade. Mother, Mrs C. H. Guthrey, Hokitika. Distinguished Conduct Medal. Bombardier Ronald Leslie Burk, N.Z.A. Father, Mr B. Burk, Auckland. Temp.-Sergeant George Macmillan Dodds, Infantry Brigade. Mother, Mrs E. Dodds, Mosgiel. Private William Douglas Friday, Infantry Brigade. Mother, Mrs K. Friday, Porootarao. Private Graham Henry Goad, Infantry Brigade. Father, Mr C. E. Goad, Thames. / Sergeant Harry Redfearn Martin, Infantry Brigade. Mother, Mrs E. Ames, Tolaga Bay. Gunner Colin Joseph' Winthrop, N.Z.A. Mother, Mrs A. Winthrop, Christchurch. Military Medal. Warrant Officer (11) Phillip George, N.Z.A. Wife, Mrs M. W. George, Dunedin. Bombardier Thomas Maxwell Hutchinson, N.Z.A. Mother, Mrs J. M. Hutchinson, Napier. Lance-Corporal Carville Munro, N.Z.M.C. Grandfather, Mr A. R. Munro, Taihape. Gunner Richard Wixon, N.Z.A. Aunt, Mrs S. King, Bluff.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 62, Issue 84, 20 January 1942, Page 2
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