DECORATIONS AND AWARDS

Press, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23541, 20 January 1942, Page 4

DECORATIONS AND AWARDS

* Campaign in Middle East NEW ZEALANDERS HONOURED (P.A.) WELLINGTON, January 19. The Prime Minister (the Rt. Hon. P. Fraser) announced to-nifiht that the following awards and decorations had been conferred on New Zealand personnel for service in the Middle East: — DISTINGUISHED SERVICE ORDER Major Claude Herman Sawyers, N.Z.A. Wife, Mrs K. Sawyers, Auckland. MILITARY CROSS Captain Denver James Fountainc. Infantry Brigade. Father, Mr J. C, Fountaine, Westport. Lieutenant George Lacey Lee (died of wounds), Machine-gun Battalion. Widow, Dr. Clara Lee, Sydney. Lieutenant Cyril Stennart Pepper, N.Z.A. Wife, Mrs A. J. Pepper, Auckland. Lieutenant Alfred Charles Yeoman, Infantry Brigade. Mother, Mrs M. Yeoman, Taneatua. Second-Lieutenant Charles Harold Cathie, Infantry Brigade. Father. Mr W. E, Cathie, Wellington. Second - Lieutenant Albert Ronald Gulhrey, Infantry Brigade. Mother, Mrs C. H. Gulhrey, Hokitika. DISTINGUISHED CONDUCT MEDAL Bombardier Ronald Leslie Burk, N.Z.A. Father, Mr B. Burk, Auckland. Temp.-Sergeant George Macmillan Dodds, Infantry Brigade. Mother, Mrs E. Dodds, Mosgiel. Private William Douglas Friday, Infantry Brigade. Mother, Mrs K. I Friday, Porootarao. Private Graham Henry Goad, Infantry Brigade. Father, Mr C. E. Goad, Thames. Sergeant Harry Redfearn Martin, Infantry Brigade. Mother, Mrs E. Ames, Tolaga Bay, Gunner Colin Joseph Winthrop, N.Z.A. Mother, Mrs A. Winthrop, Christchurch. MILITARY MEDAL Warrant Officer (II) Phillip George, N.Z.A. Wife, Mrs M. W ; George, Dunedin. Bombardier Thomas Maxwell Hutchinson, N.Z.A. Mother, Mrs J. M. Hutchinson, Napier. Lance-Corporal Carvillc Munro. N.Z.M.C. Grandfather, Mr A. R. I Munro, Taihapc. Gunner Richard Wixon. N.Z.A. Aunt, Mrs S. King, BlufT.