HONOURS AWARDED.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIX, Issue 11, 12 January 1918, Page 6

HONOURS AWARDED.

CAPTAIN R. BRIFFAULT, M.C. Base Records, Wellington, was recently advised that Captain Robert Briffault had been awarded the Military Cross, but" in making the announcement the Director stated that as the Defence Department had no record of the officer, and no particulars beyond his name had been cabled, he was unable to notify the next-of-kin. It appears certain, however, that the officer referred to is Captain Robert Briffault, the well-known Auckland surgeon, who secured a commission in the Royal Army Medical Corps about the middle of 1915. Captain Briffault served for a long time at Gallipoli, and took part in the evacuation. After a period of sickness in Egypt he was transferred to England, and has been on service in France without a break for the past eighteen months, his work being almost entirely in advanced dressing stations. SERGT.-MAJOR E. J. F. KENNEDY, D.C.M. Mr. J. Kennedy, of Brighton Road, Remuera, has been notified that his son (Sergt.-Major Edward J. F. Kennedy) has been awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal. The recipient left with the Main Force as a private. A cousin (Sergt. D. Kennedy), who was also a member of the Main Force, won the Military Medal at Messincs. PRIVATE W. FAITHFULL. Private W. «Faithfull, of Dargaville, who has been awarded the Military Medal, is one of four soldier brothers. He has been continuously on active service since his enlistment in the Fourth Reinforcements. Private D. Faith full enlisted in the Main Force, ami was' invalided home and discharged after he had taken part in the fighting on the Suez Canal. Private Bert Faithful! was a member of the Ninth Reinforcements, and Private Lloyd Faithful 1 went away with the Nineteenths.