SERVICE IN ITALY

Press, Volume LXXX, Issue 24345, 25 August 1944, Page 4

SERVICE IN ITALY

♦ ■ HONOURS FOR MEN OF N.Z.E.F. AWARDS ANNOUNCED (P.A.) WELLINGTON, August 24. The King has approved the following awards to personnel of the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force for distinguished service in Italy:— Commander of the Order of the British Empire Major-General H. K. Kippenberger, D. and Bar (previously mentioned in dispatches). Wife, Mrs R. Kippenberger, Rangiora. Officer of the Order of the British Empire Temporary-Colonel L. W. Thornton (previously mentioned in dispatches). Wife, Sergeant G. J. Thornton, N.Z.W.W.S.A., Middle East. Lieutenant-Colonel R. L. C. Grant (previously mentioned in dispatches). Wife, Mrs R. L. C. Grant. Dunedin. Member of the Order of the British Empire Major I. E. Stock (previously mentioned in dispatches). Wife, Mrs A. H. Stock, Christchurch, Captain A. Macomish. Father, Mr P. A. Macomish, Dunedin. Lieutenant A. T. Watson, Father, Mr A. Watson, Reefton. Associate Royal Red Cross Charge Sister M. J. Jackson. Mother, Mrs K. L. Jackson, Auckland. Charge Sister M. C. Macrae (previously mentioned in dispatches). Mother, Mrs R. Macrae. Christchurch. Military Medal Staff-Sergeant H. W. Burley. Father, the Rev. W.‘A. Burley, Wellington. Sergeant C. Lilley, Wife, Mrs P. Y, Lilley, Auckland. Gunner F. C. White (killed in action, March, 1944). Father, Mr T. A. White, Templeton. Mentioned In Dispatches The list also includes the following Canterbury, Nelson, and West Coast personnel mentioned in dispatches:— Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel R. R. Livingstone, M.B.E. Wife, Mrs K. V. Livingstone, Cairo. Major L. Bean. Wife, Mrs N. W. Bean, Christchurch. Lieutenant P. H. Brooks (killed in action, March, 1944). Wife, Mrs W, E. M. Brooks, Aranui. Nursing Sister E. A. Wilson. Sister, Mrs M. A. Murray, Christchurch. Warrant Officer A. F. Curgenven. Mother, Mrs A. M. Curgenven, Christchurch. Warrant Officer R. Grigor. Father, Mr J. G. Grigor, Christchurch. Sergeant C. T. Connolly. Father, Mr C. H. Connolly, Picton. Staff-Sergeant J. M. Black. Mother, Mrs G. Black, Nelson. Corporal W. P. England, Mother, Mrs F. England. Christchurch. Corporal C. J. Ross. Mother, Mrs H. Ross, Hokitika.

SIX AIRMEN DECORATED

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE OVERSEAS

(P.A.) WELLINGTON. August 24. Four Distinguished Flying Crosses and two Distinguished Flying Medals have been awarded New Zealand airmen serving overseas. The recipients are:—

Distinguished Flying Cross Flight Lieutenant Noel Patrick Whaley. Mother, Mrs F. M. Whaley, Auckland. Pilot Officer Heaton Dudley Hampton. Mother, - Mrs E. E. Hafnpton, Springston. Warrant Officer lan Raymond William Robert Thomson, Father, Mr R. , M. Thomson. Christchurch. Warrant Officer Edgar David Bardell. Mother, Mrs E. Bardell, Tauranga. Distinguished Flying Medal Pilot Officer (formerly Flight Serfeant) Malcolm Joseph Corich, lother, Mrs K. N. Corich, Christchurch. Pilot Officer (formerly Flight Sergeant) lan Duke Culpan. Father. Mr A. F. Culpan, Auckland,