AWARDED M.C.
MAORI OFFICER DECORATED
For his services in Libya, Captain William Porter, of the Maori Batt.illon, has been awarded the Military ('rnsß. This advice has been received >>y his parents, the Rev. and K. Poato, of Pupuke, Northland ( aptaln Porter, wno Is 21, voluni(t red for the Maori Battalion soon after war broke out. and re•clvcd a commission before coiner overseas with the Second Echelon! He served in Greece and Crete hefore laKing part In the recent campa inn in Libya. Captain Porter was born at, Kawaknwa. and was .educated at St. Stephens anrl To Ante Colleges. He roprefirntcd earn at Rugby, later playing for the Whangaroa county.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 56, 7 March 1942, Page 8
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109AWARDED M.C. Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 56, 7 March 1942, Page 8
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