AWARDS TO N. ZEALANDERS

Greymouth Evening Star, 24 March 1944, Page 4

AWARDS TO N. ZEALANDERS

SERVICE IN ITALY

WELLINGTON, March 23. Immediate awards to 52 membeis of the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force for gallant and distinguished service in Italy have been approved by the King, according to advice received from the Vv ar Office. The recipients are:—

Distinguished Service Order

Lieutenant-Colonel Clive Lochiel Pleasants, M.C. (previously mentioned in dispatches), Wanganui. Major John Burns Ferguson. M.C.. Auckland. Temporary-Major Victor Joseph Tanner (previously mentioned in dispatches), Tauranga. Bar to Military Cross®

Temporary-Major Angus Ross M.C., Delta.

Military Cross

Temporary-Major Paul Wilfred Robertshaw,- Wellington. Captain George Kent Armstrong (previously mentioned in dispatches), Dunedin. Captain Robert Reid Knox (previously mentioned in dispatches): Tirau. Temporary-Captain Henry Colton Arundel Lamber.t. Herne Bay. Lieutenant Clifford William Hawkins, Auckland. Lieutenant Reginald Ernest Hermans. Wanganui. Lieutenant Frederick Charles Irving, Invercargill. ' Second-Lieutenant John Sonny Baker, Tolaga Bay. Second-Lieutenant James Gerard Gowan (previously mentioned in dispatches), Christchurch. Second-Lieutenant Ernest George Prosser, Lower Hutt. Distinguished Conduct Medal Sergeant Robert John Wilson, Timaru. . Temporary-Corporal Henry Kokoro Barrett, Colac Bay. Military Medal Warrant Officer I Jack Longton Richards, Auckland. _ Sergeant Noel KingslanirChapman, Woodville. Sergeant John Cornelius Sullivan, Hastings. Sergeant Ronald Athol Sweet Helensvilie. Temporary-Sergeant Patrick John Paul, Petone. Corporal Cedrick Walsh Beaumont. Kingsland. Lance-Sergeant lan Robert Taylor, Southland. Temporary-Lance-Sergeant Charles Lewis Zimmerman, Auckland. Bombardier John Henry Paris, Port Chalmeys. Temporary-La nee- Sergean t Roy Haddrell Hinton, Te Awamutu. Corporal Francis William Perry. Auckland. Lance-Sergeant Nigel John Robertshaw, Dannevirke.. Corporal Paul Rangi Te Rito, Whakaki. Temporary-Coiporal John William Dryden, New Plymouth. Temporary-Lance-Corporal R ex Malcolm Caitcheon, Morrinsville., Private Terence George Carter, Devon port. Temporary-Corporal Charles Reuben Goodwin Wanganui. Private William Teasdale Hutchmson. Whangarei. Temporal y-Lance-Corporal John Ross McCullough, Auckland. Private Rasmus Neville Green, Claudelands. Private Hugh Roland Griffiths, Westport.

Corporal Rawiri Hemi, Kaeo. Lance-Corporal Victor Idour (killed in action, February, 1944), Dunedin. Signalman Leslie Arthur Lyon, Timaru. Private Alfred Henderson Baird Officer, Drummond. Private Eric John Brennan, Kaitaia. Private Colin Munro Campbell. Blenheim. Private Herbert Kenneth Carey, New Plymouth Private Norman Milton Christie. Waikia. Private William Colin Farquharson, Havelock North. Private Leonard George Sinclair Marton. Private Richard Williams, England.