DEVOTION TO DUTY.
AWARDS TO AIRSHIP’S CREW. LONDON, May 18. In the House of Commons, Sir Samuel Houre stated tlial special awards to tho crew of the airship R 33 had been approved, in recognition of their conspicuous devotion to duty in circumstances of exceptional difficulty and danger. Tho officers would receive decorations. Lieutenant Booth would receive a bar to liis Air Force cross, and a suitably inscribed wateh would be presented to each other member of the crew. —A. and N.Z. cable.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLV, Issue 143, 21 May 1925, Page 11
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