MAORI WINS D.S.O.

Auckland Star, Volume LXXVI, Issue 152, 29 June 1945, Page 7

MAORI WINS D.S.O.

AWARDS FOR BRAVERY

FIRST N.Z.E.F. GEORGE MEDAL

P.A. WELLINGTON, Thursday. Advice of 25 awards to members of the Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force has been, received by the Minister of Defence, Mr. Jones. They include the George Medal, which in the military services is confined to acts of great bravery for which purely military honours are not normally granted. Details of the act of bravery which earned the George Medal for Corporal Herring are not yet known in New Zealand. He is the first member of the Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force to receive this medal. With three exceptions the recipients of the following awards are still overseas: — DISTINGUISHED SERVICE ORDER Lieutenant-Colonel Arapeta Awatere, M.C.—Mrs. E. H. Awatere, Ohinemutu (wife). Major G. A. Lindell —Wellington. MILITARY CROSS Captain (now Major) H. J. G. Low— Nelson. Captain (now Major) J. W. McArthur —Alexandra. Captain J. B. Horrocks —Mrs. P. M. Horrocks, Auckland (wife). Lieutenant D. F. Brown—Mrs. I. W. Brown, Titirangi (mother). Second-Lieutenant A. Huata—Frasertown. Second-Lieutenant G. W. Purchase?— Mrs. M. L. Purchase, Thames (wife).

BAR TO D.C.M. Sergeant E. Bachelor, D.C.M. (previously mentioned in dispatches) —Waimate. DISTINGUISHED CONDUCT MEDAL Lance-Sergeant L. F. Seaman, Raetihi. Corporal R. H. Dixon, Wellington. GEORGE MEDAL' Corporal F. G. Herring, Westport. MILITARY MEDAL Sergeant (now Second-Lieutenant) A. G. Clark, Christchurch; Temporary Warrant-Officer (now SecondLieutenant) B. E. Mackenzie, Christchurch; Sergeant R. Cullen—Mrs. M. Cullen, Auckland (mother); Sergeant I. C. R. Harvey, Christchurch; Tem-porary-Sergeant J. C. Farnham (previously mentioned in dispatches)— Mrs. E. V. Stockley, Helensville (mother); Lance-Sergeant J. A. Ralston—Mr. W. H. Ralston, Auckland (father); Corporal L. C. Wilton, Martinborough; Lance-Bombardier N. J. McGowan—Mrs. Q. V. McGowan, Ruawai (mother); Driver H. Keeley —Mrs. M. V. Keeley, Auckland (mother); Private R. B. Lichfield, Blenheim; Private H. Mclvor, Hastings; Private W. Panoho—Mrs. BPanoho, Ohaeawai (mother); Private J. F; Prattley, Ashburton.

■FOUR FLYING CROSSES

P.A. WELLINGTON, Thursday. The Distinguished Flying Cross has been awarded to the following four New Zealand airmen:— Flight-Lieutenant N. J. Ingram, D.F.M., Wellington; Flight-Lieuten-ant K. W. Steward, Dunedin; Flying-. Officer H. E. Brumby—Mrs. E. A. Brumby, Auckland (mother); FlyingOfficer M. A. Barry, Wellington.