PROMOTION FOR NEW ZEALANDER
■ LONDON, June 20. A New Zealander.; AirCOnimOdore c. R; Carr, has’been appointed to the ■rank-of Acting Air Vice-Marshal. He wasflyihg officer with_ Sir Ernest Shackleton’s last expedition. He served in : the- last war in France and later in the north of Russia, where he gained tii6 ■ 'l3*s* C ‘ ; He was 'selected in 1927 to make an official attempt to secure for -Britain the world’s: nonfctpp flight record., but after three- attempts he - was obliged te fiive up. U ■ l '- 1 /. «• . i
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Press, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23362, 23 June 1941, Page 3
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