NINTH AWARD FOR 1939-45 WAR
PREVIOUS NEW ZEALAND WINNERS Squadron Reader J,. H- Trent. V.C., D.F.C.. is the eighth New Zealand serviceman of the 1939-45 war to he awarded the Victoria Cross. Six of the previous eight awards, including one bar to the Victoria Cross, were
wop by soldiers of the 2nd New Rea? land Division, and two were made to pilots of the Royal New Zealand Air Force. The previous Victoria Cross winners were:—-Captain C. H. Upham (V.C. and bar). Lieutenant K. Elliott, Sergeant J D. Hinton, Sergeant A- C. Hulme, Sec-ond-Lieutenant M. Ngarimu. Sergeant J. A. Ward. Flying Officer T Trigg. The awards to Flying Officer Trigg and Second-Lieutenant Ngarimu were made posthumously. Twelve New Zealanders won the Victoria Cross during the 1914-18 War.
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Press, Volume LXXXII, Issue 24814, 2 March 1946, Page 6
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