AWARDS BESTOWED

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 20863, 15 August 1942, Page 4

AWARDS BESTOWED

DOMINION AIRMEN 11 MORE RECIPIENTS (P.A.) WELLINGTON, this day. Official advice has been received by Air Headquarters that a further ll awards have been made to New Zealand air personnel serving overseas. They are:— „ , .... „ Distinguishd Service Order.—WingCommander Minden Vaughan Blake, D.F.C., R.A.F., Christchurch. Distinguished Flying Crosses. —Acting Flight Lieutenant Valentine Allport, R.N.Z.A.F. His mother is Mrs. A. Allport. Nelson. Pilot Officer John Edwin Casey, R.N.Z.A.F. His mother is Mirs. J. E. Casey, French Bay, Auckland. Pilot Officer Casey lost his life in an aircraft accident. Pilot Officer Alfred William Gordon Cochrane, R. His father is Mr. W. W. Cochrane, Rawene. Acting Flying Officer George Maxwell Davies, R.N.Z. A.F. His father is Mr. S. W. Davies, Dunedin. Pilot Officer Peter Stanley Duff R.N.Z.A.F. His father is Mr. A, S. " Duff, Hamilton, Actipg Flying Officer David Stewart Gibb, R.N.Z.A.F. Mis mother is Mrs. A. A, Gibb, Motunau. Squadron Leader Raymond John Newton; R.N.Z-.A.F. His father is Mr. J K. Newton, Christchurch. Acting Flight Lieutenant- Robert Lawrence Spur die, R.N.Z.A.F. His mother is Mrs. F. M. Spurdle, Wanganui. Acting Squadron Leader Keith Frederick Thiele, R.N.Z.A.P. His father is Mr. F. C. Thiele, Christchurch, Distinguished Flying, Medal,—Sergeant Kenneth Oscar Law, R.N.Z,A,F. His father is Mr. A. j. La.w, Cambridge.