DALL MEMORIAL PRIZE

Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 32, 7 August 1923, Page 2

DALL MEMORIAL PRIZE

The fiends of the late Lieutenant G. *«7 iP'iw"! 1 b". Ptottsod-t° !<"»»> fiat tho full £50 has been subscribed for a prize fund in his memory. The prize is to be awarded to tho student who gains top place in the Physics examination at Victoria University College, physics being a. subject in which Mr. Dall specialised. Lieutenant Dull was a distinguished oxstudent of Victoria College, who rendered excellent war service, and who was severely gassed during the 1918 operations m France. Lieutenant Dall held the degree of B.Sc, and among his other academic attainments was the' Sir George Grey scholarship. He left New Zealand with the 14th Reinforcements, having entered camp immediately on attaining hjs 21st birthday and his B.Se. degree. On his arrival in France, on account of his special scientific knowledge, ho was seconded for service with a sound-ranging section of the artillery. He gained a commission in the field, and introduced certain improvements in the sound-ranging apparatus which considerably increased the accuracy of hostile gun location. Lieutenant Dall was of a- mo-dest disposition, and was liked both on the field and m private life.