AWARDS FOR COURAGE

Evening Post, Volume CXL, Issue 58, 6 September 1945, Page 6

AWARDS FOR COURAGE

PUBLIC INVESTITURE HELD

The courage and distinguished service of members of the New Zealand Forces were officially recognised at a public investiture held in the Wellington Town Hall last night by the Governor-General (Sir Cyril Newall), who presented honours and decorations earned in theatres of war all over the world. There was a large crowd present, and proceedings were carried out with that precise formality typical of the occasion. As each recipient moved forward to receive his honour he was given an ovation. The recipients were received by his Excellency and Lady ' Newall. ' With them on the stage were Major H. A. Jaffray, military secretary, who read thj citations for each award; Captain M. Taylor, second member of the Naval Board, Brigadier A. E. Conway, Colonel L. W. Andrew, Air -Commodore R. B. Bannerman, honorary <aides-de-camp; Colonel A. A. Tennent, honorary surgeon, and Wing Commander G. H. Forrest, honorary physician. , The ceremony was attended by the Prime Minister (Mr. Fraser) and the Mayor (Mr. Appleton). Two senior members of the Army Nursing Service were the first to step forward for their awards, and they were given a great reception, as were two Maoris who also received decorations. The following is the list of recipients:— Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (C.8.E.). Brigadier Norman William McDonald Weir, Wellington; Air Commodore Sidney Wallingfprd, Wellington. Companion of the Distinguished Service Order (D.5.0.). Colonel Sidney Frank Hartnell, E.D., New Plymouth; Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Staunton John Duff, Wellington; Lieutenant-Colonel Albert Ernest Lambourn, E.D., Petone; LieutenantColonel Nicholas Pery Wilder, Waipukurau; Major Eric Roy Harford, New Plymouth. Member of the Royal Red Cross (R.R.C.). Principal Matron Miss Eva Constance Mackay, Hastings. Distinguished Service Cross. Temporary Lieutenant Leqnard Elliott Newall, R.N.Z.N.V.R., Wellington. Military Cross and Bar. Major Andrew Russe,ll Wilder Ormond, Wallingford, Hawke's Bay. Military Cross. Major the Honourable Clarence Farringdon Skinner, M.P., Motueka; Major Crosby Standish Morris, Wellington; Major Ernest Leonard Joseph Marshall, Wellington; Major Alan Lionel Lomas, New Plymouth; Major William Roy Carswell, Dunedin; Major Wilson

George Handley, Maxwell, Wanganui; Major William Joseph Gregory Roach, Wellington; Acting Squadron Leader Edmund Douglas Crossley, R.N.Z.A.F., Wellington; Captain Frederick Francis Edmund Polhill, Waipukurau; Lieutenant Alfred Charles Hansen, Nelson. Distinguished Flying Cross. Acting Squadron Leader John Rae Hutcheson, Lower Hutt; Flight Lieutenant Basil Howard Gray, Waverley; Flight Lieutenant Raymond Joseph Ernest Peterson, Petone; Flight Lieutenant Frederick James Read, Wellington; Flight Lieutenant Robert Inglis Laing, Wellington; Flight Lieutenant George Stevens, Rata; Flight Lieutenant Harold Reginald Hamerton, Patea; Flight Lieutenant Gilbert Sydney Halley, Palmerston North; Flight Lieutenant Allan Mason Forbes Alexander, Wellington; Flying Officer Allan Fisher, Taumarunui. Air Force Cross. Wing Commander Donald William Baird, Wellington. Associate of the Royal Red Cross (A.E.K.C.). Sister Miss Doris Lucy Waldie, Wellington. , Distinguished Conduct Medal. Lieutenant Harry Redfearn Martin, Tolaga Bay; Corporal Wiwi Teneti, Waipiro Bay, East Coast. Distinguished Service Medal. j | Petty Officer Aubrey Edward James \ Dalton, Upper Hutt. Military Medal. Major John Wallace Bateman, Palmerston North; Lieutenant John Henry Franklin, . Napier; Second-Lieutenant Robert Carmichael Young, Rai Valley, Marlborough; Sergeant Arthur Bayliss, Otakeho, Taranaki; Lance-Sergeant William John Clark, Wellington; Corporal Earl. Priddle, Blenheim; Corporal Cyril Alfred Dornbush, Marton; Gunner Thomas William John Tombleson, Otoko, Gisborne; Driver Jack Malone Childerhouse, Tarakohe; Private Keepa Rangi, Tolaga Bay. Distinguished Flying Medal. Flight Lieutenant Herbert Keith Minton, Masterton; Flying Officer Peter Devine, Okaramio, Marlboroug"h; Pilot Officer Edward Henry Smith, Makomako, Pahiatua. British Empire Medal (Military Division) . Captain John Ormond, Waipukurau;