MILITARY LIST

Press, 16 June 1979, Page 3

MILITARY LIST

Four servicemen involved in the dramatic rescue of an i injured Russian seaman in November, last year, have received recognition in the Military List. The pilot of the Wasp helicopter which made the rescue, Lieutenant A. G. Tunnicliffe, has the rare distinction of being awarded the Air Force Cross while a serving Naval officer. Chief Petty Officer (Medical) W. C. Filmer is awarded a British Empire Medal, while Sergeant R. K. Forman and Sergeant B. J. Woodcock, of the R.N.Z A.F, receive the Queen’s Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air. The four were aboard H.M.N.Z.S. Waikato when the plea for help came from the Russian trawler Ardatov south-east of Campbell Island. Lieutenant Tunnicliffe landed C.P.O. Filmer and Sergeant Woodcock on the deck of the pitching Russian trawler and then winched the injured seaman to safety. Among other recipients of Military Honours is Air Marshal R. B. Bolt, who receives the K.B.E. He saw war service with R.A.F. Bomber Command in 1344 and 1945, including a tour on Pathfinder operations. He returned to New Zealand in 1946. He was appointed Director of Operations and Flying Training in 1960 and in 1968 was appointed Director of Defence Plans after filling a

number of senior appoint-} ments overseas. Captain B. D. Rennie, of Burnham, is the first male nursing officer in the New Zealand forces to be awarded the A R.R.C. (Associate of the Royal Red Cross). Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (K.B.E). Air Marshall Richard Bruce Bolt. C. 8., C.8.E., D.F.C., A.F.C., R.N.Z.A.F., Chief of Defence Staff, Karori. Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (C.8.E.). Commodore Roy Herbert Longland Humby R.N.Z.N., Wellington. Officers of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (0.8. E. Commander William Ferguson Jaques, R.N.Z.N., Auckland; Colonel lan Hamilton Burrows, M.C., Christchurch, colonels’ list; Group Captain Arthur Gilbert Tringham, R.N.Z.A.F., Wellington. Members of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (M.8.E.). Warrant Officer John Russell Thorburn, Auckland; Warrant Officer John Clive Lippross, Auckland; Warrant Officer Class 2 Patt Dillon, M.M., Palmerston North; Lieutenant and Quarter-

(master Frederick Sydney Leef, Hamilton; Major Donald Houlton Crabb, Christchurch; Flight Lieutenant Charles Benedict Raddock, Auckland; Warrant Officer Harold Douglas Lazarus, Whenuapai. Air Force Cross (A.F.C.). Lieutenant Adrian Grey Tunnicliffe, Auckland; Squad, ron Leader Carey William Adamson, Bracknell, United Kingdom. Associate of the Royal Red Cross, second class (A.R.R.C.). Captain Bruce Derby Rennie, Burnham. British Empire Medal, (8.E.M.). Medical Chief Petty Officer William Charles Filmer, Auckland; Chief Petty Officer First Class Denis Michall Shaw, Auckland; Sergeant John Frederick Hayward, Waipukurau; Corporal Brian Ramsay, Nelson; Temporary Staff Sergeant Charles Frederick Boyes, Dunedin; Sergeant Kenneth Sydney John Dell, Hobsonville; Flight Sergeant John Karatu Rotia Rogers, Christchurch. Queen’s Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air: Master Engineer Robert John Moody, Auckland; Sergeant Barry James Woodcock, Hobsonville; Sergeant Robert Keith Forman, Henderson.