D.F.M. AWARDED
WANGANUI AIRMAN
Another New Zealand airman has been awarded the Distinguished Flying Medal according 'to official advice received by Air Headquarters, Wellington, today. He is Sergeant Jeffery George West, R.N.Z.A.F. (mother, Mrs. C S. West, care Miss Tucker, 37 Cairns Avenue, Wanganui). The citation accompanying the award states: —"Sergeant West lias participated in 34 operational sorties over enemy territory and has at all times displayed courage and determination. He has destroyed at least two enemy aircraft."
Sergeant West was born at Palmerston North in 1912 and was educated at Hamilton High School, where he took a prominent part in sport, representing the school at Rugby, cricket, and hockey. He later represented Waikato at hockey and cricket.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXII, Issue 75, 25 September 1941, Page 11
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118D.F.M. AWARDED Evening Post, Volume CXXXII, Issue 75, 25 September 1941, Page 11
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