N.Z. PERSONNEL

Evening Post, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 24, 28 July 1944, Page 6

N.Z. PERSONNEL

SOUTH PACIFIC SERVICE

. His Excellency the Governor-General has announced that his Majesty the King has been pleased to approve th% undermentioned honours and awards to personnel of the Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Pacific in recognition of distinguished services in the South Pacific area, including Fiji, New Caledonia, and the Solomon Islands: — C.B.E. Brigadier William Walter Dove, H.Q., 2nd X.Z.K.F.I.P. D.S.O. Brigadier Leslie l'otter. New Zealand Inr.iriirv. LlcutenHiit-Ciiloncl I'lvilip J-yell Bennett, .M.U., X \v Zetland Infantry. 0.8. E. Lieutenant Colonel Stewart Hunter, S.A. Medical Ccrps Llnitenant-Colonel Andrew Murray, N.Z. ICnßinecis .Major David Abraham Solomon, H.Q., 2nd N.Z.K.F I.l', M.B.E. Temporary Captain Garry Charles Cook Sandston, New Zealand Infantry. ' Lieutenant George Rupert Gable, New Zealand Ordnance Corps. Regimental Sergeant-Major (Warrant Officer Class I) Leslie Thomas Matheson, New Zealand Artillery. Regimental Quartermaster-Sergeant (Warrant Officer Class II) Robert Alfred Buekland, X.Z. Infantry. . . Company Sergeant-Major (Warrant Officer Class II) Murray Alexander Henderson, S.Y*. Infantry. HcKiHienlal Sergeant-Major (Warrant Officer Class I). Clifford Rae Bayley, New Zealand Engineers. Regimental Sergeant-Major (Warrant Officer Class I) Edward Robert Cockayne, H.Q., 2nd N.Z.K.F.I.P. M.'C. The Rev. George David Falloon, Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class. Captain Geoffrey Francis McEvedy, N.Z. Army Service Corps.' Captain Knowles Edward Louden, New Zealand Infantry. Captain Peter Mellor Blundell, New Zealand Artillery. ■ , .'

M.M. Gunner Michael Joseph Compton, New Zealand Artillery. - B.E.M. Staff-Sergeant Glen Robin Braddock, New Zealand Army Service Corps. Sergeant Arthur Thomas Blampied, New Zealand Signals. ■ • ' Mentions In Dispatches. Lieutenant-Colonel W. F. Shlrer, M.8., X.Z. Medical Corps, Wellington. Lieutenant-Colonel W. S. McKirinon, N.Z. Artillery, Wellington. Lieutenant-Colonel K. B! McK. Mulrson, M.C., X.Z. Infantry, Wellington. Lieutenant-Colonel D. McX. Burns, Dlv. Slgs., Wellington. Alajor G. W. Heathcrwick, Dlv. Slgs., Wellington. Major P. C. E. Brunette, N.Z. Medical Corps, Wellington. Captain T. M. McKewen, N.Z. Artillery, I'almcrston Xortli. Captain E. T. Saunders, N.Z. Medical Corps, Wellington. Captain N. h. Fitzpatrick, Brigade H.Q., Wellington. Lieutenant H. K. Webb, H.Q., Dlv Engineers, Wellington. Lieutenant E. G. Taylor, N.Z. Infantry, Trcnlhnm. Sgt. V. F. Hughes, N.Z. Infantry, Manakau. Sgt. H. G. .Tiimieson, Div. Si^s., Lower Hutt. Sgt. .1. H. X. Oliver, Div. Sigs/, Melrose, Wellington. L/Sgt. W. F. Terry, N.Z. Artillery, Palmerston North. L/Sgt. F. B. Greenem, N.Z. Engineers, Nelson. Cpl. D. M. Glengarry, N.Z. Engineers, Wellington. Cpl. G. H. Taylor, D. & E. Tlatoon, Lower Hutt. Spr. W. ,T. Hammond, N.Z. Engineers, Palmerston North. rie. .1. B. Lempriere, N.Z. Infantry, Wellington. » (inr. L. D. McArthur, N.Z. Artillery, Wellington. l^e. B. F. Collins. N.Z. Infantry, Wellington. Sgmn. A.' E. Richardson, Dlv. Slgs., l'almerston Norlli.