FIELD OF HONOR.

Mataura Ensign, 7 September 1917, Page 2

FIELD OF HONOR.

NEW ZEALAND MEN'S BRAVERY. DECOR ATIONS GA IN ED. A list of 2JO or so military decorations gained by New Zealand soldiers in France was obtained from the Defence Department yesterday (states the •Dominion’ of Tuesday,). 'Die following are the names of Otago and Southland men;— Distinguished Service Order. Major Alfred Digby-Smith (Mrs M. C. Digby-Smith, wife, Dunedin;. Military Cross. Captain William Aitken (Air Peter Ailken, Otago Central). Captain James Garfield Crawford (Mr Alex. Crawford, father, Timaru). Captain Cuthhert William Free (Captain Free, father, Dunedin). Captain Malcolm John . Morrison (Mr Archibald Morrison, father, Kaitangata). Lieutenant Andrew Logan McDowell (Mrs E. McDowell, Gore). Lieutenant George Swan (Mrs H. M. Swan, mother, Gordon Road, Mosgiel). Second Lieutenant Paul Calverley Ashby (E. L. Ashby, Dunedin). Second Lieutenant Charles Boswell (Charles Boswell, lather, North Dunedin). Second Lieutenant Kenneth Scott (A. Scott, father, Mosgiel). Military Medal. Lance-Sergeant Richard Thomas Barnett (Mrs W. Barnett, mother, Wymill am). sergeant Donald John Bennetto (Mr William Francis Bennetto, father, Gore). Distinguished Conduct Medal. Corporal Alfred Nind Andrews (Mrs Eliz. Andrews, mother, Allnndale Road, Dunedin). Private Thomas James Beck (Mrs Custer, sister, Invercargill). Rifleman Hugh Muir (Mr Hugh Muir, father, Otago). Military Medal. Sergeant John Coaling (W. Coaling, father, Invercargill). Lance-Corporal Wm. James Cousins (John Cousins, lather, Dunedin). Sergeant David James Crawley (Wm. Crawley, father, Dunedin). Corporal George Isaac Cuthbertson (Isaac Cuthbertson, lather, Oamam). Sapper Matthew Donaldson (John Donaldson, lather, Caversham). Sergeant Francis Eagle (Mrs M. Eagle, Awarua). Corporal Walter Graham Sinclair (Robert P. Sinclair, father, Southland) Lance-Corporal George Stanley Williams (Geo. Stanley Williams, father, Invercargill). Private John Hugh Wilson (William Wilson, father, Dunedin). Lance-Corporal William "Woods (Mrs Woods, Invercargill). Sapper Cecil Arthur John Browning (Mr A. Browning, father, Dunedin). Rifleman William George Gunn (Mrs Jessie Gunn, mother, Balclutha). Corporal Peter Dairy mule Holmes (James Holmes, Invercargill). Temporary Corporal Claude William Jackson (T. J. Jackson, Invercargill). Private Walter Thomas Lacey (Mrs At. W. Lacey, mother, Gore). Private Thomas Lainchburv (Charles Lainchhury, father, Dunedin). Private John Robert Lyall (Thomas Lvall, Otago). 'Sergeant Percy George Milligan (E. ALilligan, Otago). Corporal George Mitchell (Mr W. A. Mitchell, father, Mosgiel). Acting-Lance-Corporal Percy Moffitl (Mrs Moffitt, sen., mother, Waikaia),