HUNTING SUBMARINES
NEW ZEAL.ANDERS! DARING
The Prime Minister (Mr. Fraser) has been advised that the King has been pleased to approve the award of the Distinguished Service Cross for great skill and daring in action with enemy submarines in the Atlantic to Temporary Lieutenant Stanley Godfrey Jervis, R.N.Z.N.V.R., and Temporary SubLieutenant James Oakley Wilson, R.N.Z.N.V.R. ... ■...■■- . . . Temporary Lieutenant Jervis joined the Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve as a temporary sub-lieu-tenant on 'April 29, 1940, and has been -serving on loan to the Royal Navy since that date. Lieutenant' Jervis was a member of the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron and joined the naval service under Scheme A which ■was comprised of yachtsmen who possessed yachtmasters or equivalent certificates. His mother is Mrs. Ellen J. Jervis, 16 Omahu Road, Remuera. ■ Temporary Sub-Lieutenant Wilson joined the Royal New Zealand Navy as an ordinary seamen under Scheme B on- July 13, 1941, and received his training in the Royal Navy. He was promoted to temporary sub-lieutenant <on August 28. 1942, and is still serving • 'overseas with the Royal Navy. His ' father is Mr. C. S. Wilson, 18 Emerson Street, Wellington.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXVI, Issue 71, 21 September 1943, Page 6
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