THREE AWARDS

Auckland Star, Volume LXXIV, Issue 164, 13 July 1943, Page 4

THREE AWARDS

NAVAL AND AIR NEW ZEALANDERS OVERSEAS (P.A.) WELLINGTON, this day. The Admiralty has advised the Prime Minister that the King has approved the award of a bar to his Distinguished Service Cross to Tem-porary-Sub-Lieuienant George James Mac-Donald, R.N.Z.N.V.R. Advice of the award of the D.S.C to Sub-Lieutenant Mac Donald was published on April 21, last year the award being made for good service m attacks on an enemy convoy Lieutenant Mac Donald's father is Mr. John W. Mac Donald, of the Government Life Insurance Department, Wellington. The award of the Distinguished P lying Cross to two New Zealanders serving with the Royal Air Force is announced to-day. They are Acting-Group-Captain Gordon John Grindell rnht' t , and , „ Flight " Lieutenant Graham Lloyd Mandeno.

"Captain Grindell invariably set a hicrli SSM i°? kee "» efficiency and hafd of hi, W in ' 'J l '' 2 reflecte d >n the fine spirit of his squadron, and eagerness of the flying crews," says the citation. 'While dard Pe nf U< T ? 6 has shown a high s af. coira-e and outstanding com age. He attacked such targets as ?emr£ ' in° Ck r? at Rotterdam and railway heavy & opposiSn^ e ' BOme "™* -ealllA The citation of Lieutenant Mandeno's ?o V h^, Say r, U ? at , with twenty-nine sorties ,-,w i credit, he has a record of outstandng determination and efficiency. In June ' a * a t y cl : aft he was piloting to make a night attack on Munster was damaged o y c a ontrr I f m> V flglU, T r , an(:l J*™" 1 * difficult Cpfogn h e e ;S O Ws h^nr,va b S aCl hn^ gunfire from an enemy aircraft. One of th» P , Or , t <i n Si"cs was put out of action, lu.-Pj, Ol , tank ./V as Pureed and the ele\ator anil tailplane were damaged. Lieutenant Mandeno flew his bomber to its base. On both these missions he has shown fine airmanship, and courage.