AWARDS TO N.Z. AIRMEN
RUGBY, September 10
Severely injured about the face, completely blinded in one eye, and with a bad scalp wound, Flight Sergeant D. J. Moriarty, R.N.Z.A.F., when attacking an objective in Northern France insisted on remaining at the controls after receiving first aid.
“In spite of his distress,” says the citation, announcing his award of the Conspicuous Gallantry Medal, “he succeeded in flying his aircraft home.’’ The, latest Air Ministry list of awards, of which this is typical, also includes 16 D.F.C.’s and five D.F.M.’s. WELLINGTON, September 12. The award of two Distinguished Fiying Crosses to New Zealand airmen was announced to-day. The first award is to Flight-Lieutenant Charles Henry Lattimer, of New Plymouth, who has destroyed at least four enemy aircraft. Lattimer, who was born in England, worked for the New Plymouth Borough Council before the war.
The second award is to Pilot Officer Harold John King, of Wellington, who was born in Dunedin, and was educated at Wellington.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 12 September 1944, Page 4
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