N.Z. AIRMEN HONOURED

Press, Volume LXXXI, Issue 24599, 22 June 1945, Page 4

N.Z. AIRMEN HONOURED

ANNOUNCEMENT OF .36 AWARDS OFFICER RECEIVES C.B. (P.A.) WELLINGTON. June 21. Advice has been received by the Air Department of the following awards to New Zealand airmen:— COMPANION OF THE MOST HONOURABLE ORDER OF THE BATH (C.8.) Acting-Air Commodore Hector Douglas McGregor. Father, Mr H. MeGregor, Napier. MEMBER OF THE MOST EXCELLENT ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE (MJB.E.) Flight Lieutenant John Darral Ackerman. Father, Mr J. Ackerman, Masterton. AIK FORCE CROSS (A.F.C.) Acting-Squadron Leader Douglas Hillyiard Stewart. (Next-of-kin not stated.) Flight Lieutenant Alfred Sydney Drew, D.F.C. Father, Mr A. S. Drew, Auckland. Flight Lieutenant William Higgins. (Next-of-kin in Canada.) Acting-Flight Lieutenant Sydney Harold Manning. Father, Mr K. W. Manning, Christchurch. Flying Officer Alexander Agnew Appleby. Father, Mr A. A. Appleby, Auckland. Flying Officer Willis Kidd. Father. Mr J. R. Kidd, Thames Valley. MENTIONED IN DISPATCHES Wing Commander Hayden Hugh James Miller, D.F.C., A.F.C. Mother, Mrs H. A. Miller, Morrinsville. Acting-Squadron Leader Wallace Campbell St. Clair Bainbridge. Friend, Miss D. Devereux. Auckland. Acting-Squadron Leader Noel Ainsiey Cresswell, D.F.C. Mother, Mrs Cresswell, Napier. Acting-Squadron Leader Archibald England Davis. D.F.C. Mother, Mrs M. M. Davis, Orakei. Acting-Squadron Leader Francis William Kilgour, Father. Mr C. C. Kilgour, Wellington. • Acting-Squadron Leader Charles Fray Ormerod, D.F.C. Father, Mr O. B. Ormerod, Gisborne Acting-Squadron Leader William John Robert Scollay, D.F.C. Wife. Mrs D. M. Scollay. Wellington. Acting-Squadron Leader Denis John Thomas Sharp, D.F.C. (previously mentioned In dispatches In December, 1943). Father Mr J. B. Sharp, Nelson. ' „ _ Flight Lieutenant Kenneth Henry Becroft, D.F.C. Mother, Mrs H. B. Becroft, Helensville; Flight Lieutenant George Russell Dickson. Father, Mr G. L. Dickson, Dunedin. . Flight Lieutenant Edwin Leonard Eason. Wife, Mrs M. H. Eason. Otaki. , ■ „ Flight Lieutenant Roy Robert George Fisher (previously mentioned in dispatches in June, 1944). Mother, Mrs R. Fisher, Cambridge. Flight Lieutenant Patrick Stewart Mcßride. Father, Mr C. W. McBride, Colville, Flight Lieutenant William MoDowall. Father, Mr T. B. McDowall, Taupiri. Flight Lieutenant Stamford Seaton Williams. Father, Mr J. G. Williams, Taupo. Acting-Flight Lieutenant Henry Drury Alcock. Father, Mr J. V. Alcock. Napier. Acting-Flight Lieutenant Trevor Gordon Dill, D.F.M. Mother, Mrs D. B. Dill, Kaipara Flats. Flying Officer Desmond Boy Browne, D.F.M. Father. Mr T. C. Browne, Auckland. Flying Officer Cyril George Clarke. Mother, Mrs G. E. Clarke, Auckland. „ . Flying Officer Daniel Clements Col-raore-WHliams. Wife, Mrs M. J. Colmore-Williams, Auckland. Flying Officer George Currie Couper. Father, Mr G. Couper, Mosgiel. Flying Officer Herbert James Dalzell, D.F.M. Mother, Mrs J. Dalzell, Taratuhi. Flying Officer Cyril John Hector. Father, Mr W. I. Hector, Runanga. Flying Officer Desmond George Geddes Horgan. Father, Mr D. F. Horgan, Oxford, Flying Officer Wallace James Marr. Father, Mr J. S. Marr, Auckland. Flying Officer James Stewart Wilkinson. Mother, Mrs E; Wilkinson. Wellington. Pilot Officer Cyril William McCardle. Mother, Mrs A. W. McCardle, Maryborough. Leading Aircraftman William John Murphy. Wife, Mrs J. Murphy, Auckland.