WANGANUI PILOT DECORATED
♦ (P.A.) WELLINGTON. Sept. 25. Another New Zealand airman has been awarded the Distinguished Flying Medal, according to official advice received by Air Headquarters, Wellington, to-day. He is Sergeant Jeffrey George West, R.N.Z.A.F., whose mother is Mrs C. S. West, Wanganui. The citation accompanying the award states that Sergeant West has participated in 34 operational sorties over eneftiy territory, and at all times has displayed courage and determination. He has destroyed at least two enemy aircraft. Sergeant West was born at Palmerston North in 1912, and educated at the Hamilton High School, where he was prominent in sport, representing the school in Rugby, cricket, and hockey. Later he represented Waikato at hockey and cricket.
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Press, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23444, 26 September 1941, Page 8
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