MANY YEARS AFTER.
AWARD OF WAR MEDAL. (By Telegraph—Special to Standard). AUCKLAND, Dec. 5. After 65 years, Mr James Thompson, aged 87, of the Veterans’ Home, has received the New Zealand war medal for service in the Maori War in 1865. Mr Thompson enrolled in the 3rd Waikato Regiment as a substitute for Private Robert Adams, who wished to return to England. Although for the past 20 years the medal has carried a Government grant of ,£49 a year, Mr Thompson has not previously bothered to apply for it. In order to mark the occasion the veterans paraded in full uniform at the Home on Wednesday, when the medal was presented.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LI, Issue 6, 6 December 1930, Page 9
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