MENTIONED IN DISPATCHES
U.S. RATINGS ON LOAN TO N.Z. NAVY (P.A.) WELLINGTON, November 2. The Deputy-Prime Minister (the Hon. W. Nash) announced to-day that advice had been received from the New Zealand Charge d’Affaires in Washington that Mr Roosevelt had assented to the award of “mentioned in dispatches” to two signalmen of the United States Navy who were on Joan for duty in two ships of the Royal New Zealand Navy, which were operating in the South Pacific area. The citations are as follows: “First-class Signalman Arthur Henry Hansen, of H.M.N.Z.S. Kiwi showed coolness and steadiness under fire while mounting a 10-inch projector when the vessel in which he was serving was engaged by a Japanese submarine, which was sunk as a result of the action. “First-class Signalman Floyd Verden Beaver, jun., of H.M.N.Z.S. Moa is mentioned for coolness and steadiness under fire while serving as a signalman when the vessel in which he was serving was engaged with a Japanese submarine, which was sunk as a result of the action, and again when the vessel in which he was serving was engaged with four Japanese barges. Two of the barges were sunk as a result of this action."
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Press, Volume LXXIX, Issue 24095, 3 November 1943, Page 4
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