AWARDS PRESENTED
ARMY SERVICE CORPS
"MAGNIFICENT WORK DONE"
(N.Z.E.F. Official War Correspondent)
BEIRUT, May 3.
Awards won in three campaigns were to-day presented by MajorGeneral Sir Bernard Freyberg at the first ceremonial parade of the war of all New Zealand Army Service Corps units somewhere in Syria—sl officers and 1512 men.
"The war will be won by transport," General Freyberg said. "You nave done magnificent work in four campaigns already."
The awards were as follows:—For Libya, 1940, Military Medal, Sergeant N. J. Pritchard. For Crete, Military Cross, Captain R. E. Rawle; Military Medal, Sergeant M. K. Gibbs. For Libya, 1941, Military Cross, SecondLieutenant A. B. Cottrell; Military Medals, Sergeant R. G. Aro, Driver A. H. Waddick.
Clad in shirts and shorts; with brown arms and faces, the men, commanded by Colonel S. H. Crump, marched past in column of platoons. General Freyberg congratulated them on their bearing and steadiness. "Last year," he said, "was not easy, but with the confidence gained we can face the future knowing our capabilities and the Germans' weaknesses." On behalf of the Division he expressed thanks for the faithful work of two years.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 106, 7 May 1942, Page 8
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