POSTHUMOUS AWARD FOR SEA CADET’S GALLANTRY.—Mr F. L. Rea (right) receiving from the New Zealand president of the Navy League (Mr R. L. Reid) the league’s Silver Cross for Gallantry, awarded posthumously to his son, Murray Gavin Rea. Murray, who was aged 13, was the first cadet outside Britain to be awarded the cross.
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Press, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 26383, 30 March 1951, Page 8
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54POSTHUMOUS AWARD FOR SEA CADET’S GALLANTRY.—Mr F. L. Rea (right) receiving from the New Zealand president of the Navy League (Mr R. L. Reid) the league’s Silver Cross for Gallantry, awarded posthumously to his son, Murray Gavin Rea. Murray, who was aged 13, was the first cadet outside Britain to be awarded the cross. Press, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 26383, 30 March 1951, Page 8
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