Seaman in Achilles
One of the two ratings in H.M.S. Achilles—Brush and Weston—mentioned in the cablegrams about the action against the Admiral Graf Spec as having earned Captain Parry's sovereign for sighting an enemy warship, is believed to belong to Palmerston North. Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Weston, Park road, Palmerston North, arc practically certain that the Weston mentioned by Captain Parry is their son, Seaman Ivan Weston, who joined the New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy last June. He was at home on a fortnight's leave in August, but at the end of a week was ordered to report at the base. Since then his parents have had only a few letters from their son. in which news of his whereabouts ■"ns scanty. Seaman Weston is not yet 20 years of age.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20143, 12 January 1940, Page 12
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134Seaman in Achilles Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20143, 12 January 1940, Page 12
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