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Grey River Argus, 12 July 1945, Page 6

N.Z. AIRMEN

Awards for Pacific Service WELLINGTON, July 10. The King has been pleased to approve the following operational awards to personnel of the R.N.Z.A.F. for service in the South Pacific and South-west Pacific areas:— Officer of Most Excellent Order of British Empire (Military Division): Wing Commander Alfred John Turner, Auckland; Acting Squadron Leader John Desmond Paterson, of Auckland. Member of Most Excellent Order of British Empire (Military Division): Flying Officer Victor H. Jorring, of Blenheim. Distinguished Flying Cross: Acting Squadron Leaders Paul Stanley Green, of Hamilton; Jack S. Knobloch, Waipukurau; Robert W. McSkimming, of Benhar; Flight Lieutenants Edwin L. Avery, of Hamilton; Douglas AV. Cocks, Wellington; Bruce T. Drummond, of Masterton; Leslie Hood of Hamilton; Alister McD. Stevenson, of Tuai; Victor W. H. Trayes, Auckland; Stewart D. Walker, of Nelson; Flying Officers Irvine A. R. Campbell, Dunedin; Harold B. Cassie, Wellington; Clifford J. Garvie, Auckland; Robert A. fiarper, Dannevirke; James J. Oliver, Petone; Pilot Officer lan L. Bary, Tauranga. British Empire Medal (Military Division): Acting Corporal Peter D. Patton, Invercargill. Mention in Despatches: Squadron Leader Kenneth W. B. Anderson, of New Plymouth; Acting Squadron Leaders John C. Blundell, Wellington (missing); Alexander G. S. George, D.F.C., Auckland; Mervyn C. F. Jones, Wellington; Clarence Robert Parker, New Plymouth; Albert EPope, Blenheim; Flight Lieutenants George W. Annand, Wellington; George M, Bertram, of Rotorua; Ronald G. Bush, Auckland’; David T. Clouston, Auckland; James T. Coltman, Wellington; Geoffrey J. Fox, of Auckland; John M. Fraser, Wellington; James E. Fullarton, Takapau; John M. Goddard, of Auckland; Bruce S. Hay, Taihape (missing); Augustus R. Loader, Taihape; Leslie B. Malpas, Tauranga; Edric J. Medwin, Hamilton; Desmond F. Neville, of Christchurch; Richard J. O’Dea, Hawera; John T. Peters, Gisborne; John P. Riddell, Christchurch; Guyon Moncrief Robertson, Ashburton; Hugh D. -Stewart, Auckland; Eric John Tresidder, Invercargill; Arthur F. Tucker, Auckland'; Douglas Alan Youngs, Auckland; Acting Flight Lieutenants Albert G. Anderson, of Auckland; Jasper E. L. Baldwin, of Wellington; Laurence A. Farnley, of Christchurch; Donald C. McGlashan, Timaru; Robert A. Martin, Te Puke; Eric A. Roussell, Wellington; Flying Officers Archibald C. Beazer, Wellington;»William D. M. Bennett, of Christchurch; Thomas A. Burt, of Wellington; John M. Calder, Dunedin; Arthur G. Claydon, of Christchurch: Harold P. Crump, Dargaville; Leslie H. Dobbs, Matamata: Donald E. Hagenson, Hastings; William -D. Holmes, Whangarei; Ansell C. James of Middlemarch; Donald W. Kidd, Palmerston North; Albert W. Me-’ Celland, North Canterbury;' Arthur S. Mills, Dunedin; Randal F. O’Keefe, Martinborough; Noel A. Pirie, of Napier; Douglas B. Skellon, Auckland; Ivo C. Tisch. Christchurch; John R. Wenden, Greytown; Pilot Officers Nelson R. Boyd, Manaia; Roydon K. Newcombe, Wellington; Eric Pete'r Shorthouse, Auckland (missing, believed killed); Robert W. Smith, Taihape; Leonard C. Strawbridge, Hangatiki; Warrant Officers William A. M. Hardy, Wanganui; George C. Korte, Gisborne; George Andrew Miller, Taihape; Cyril J. Shaw, Tekawa; Flight Sergeants George W. Bertram Browne, Te Awamutu; J'ohn R. Granwal, Auckland; Benjamin D. St. John, of Nelson; Thomas A. Stephen, Napier; Francis C. J. Taunton, of Wanganui; Thomas L. Welsh, Christchurch; Acting Flight Sergeant Ernest F. Herrick, Christchurch; Sergeants Glen B. Johnston, Auckland; Josiah Julian, Auckland; George L. Moultrie, Christchurch; Corporals Walter £•. Hartnail, Christchurch; Frederick W. Herries, Hastings; John K. Longville, Auckland; Leading Aircraftman Thomas W. Niblett, of Christchurch.