HEROISM REWARDED
AWARDS GAZETTED.
[by CABLE —PRESS ASSN.- —COPYRIGHT.]
LONDON, December 28.
Decorations announced in. the London Gazette include three George Medals, and two British Empire Medals—one Yoing to the leading “Wren,” Nina Marsh. For gallant and successful service in destroying the Italian cruiser “Bartolomeo Colleoni,” two officers from H.M.S. “Sydney” gain the D. 5.0., two the D.S.C., and six ratigs the D.S.M. Four D.S.C.’s and six D.S.M.’s are awarded for courage and continuous services in the Channel mobile balloon barrage; two D.S.C.’s and six D.C.M.’s for good services in action against an enemy raider, and one D.S.M. for courage and devotion to duty in the first battle of Narvik.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 30 December 1940, Page 7
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