PERSONAL
Captain W: Martin, late of the Union Steam Ship Company’s passenger steamer Awatea, has decided to retire frhm the sea. Squadron Leader Arthur Ashworth, who has been awarded the D. 5.0., was born in Gisborne in 1920, and Ashworth, lives at Alexandra. He High School. His mother, Mrs. E. M. Ashworth, lives at Alexandria. He was employed in the aerodrome service of the Public Works Department before his selection for a short-service commission. He received his early training in Wellington t immediately after the outbreak of war. As a pilot officer, he was awarded the D.F.C. for carrying out an attack on the Scharnhorst at Brest in June last year.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GISH19420813.2.12
Bibliographic details
Gisborne Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 20861, 13 August 1942, Page 2
Word Count
111PERSONAL Gisborne Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 20861, 13 August 1942, Page 2
Using This Item
The Gisborne Herald Company is the copyright owner for the Gisborne Herald. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of the Gisborne Herald Company. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.