KING’S POLICE MEDAL.
PRESENTATION AT WELLINGTON Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, May 7. At Government House yesterday afternoon. His Excellency the Gover-nor-General, Lord Bledisloe, presented publicly to Constables F. A. H. Baker and W. S. Hammond, of Wellington, the King’s Police Medal which His Majesty the King has been graciously pleased to confer on these members of the New Zealand Police Force in recognition of conspicuous bravery displayed by them in their endeavours to rescue members of the crew of the steamer Progress, which was wrecked at Ohiro Bay, Wellington, on May 1 last year. The presentation took place in the presence of the Commissioner of Police, Mr W. G. Wohlmann, and about fifty members of all ranks of the Police Force, whom His Excellency briefly addressed.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LII, Issue 133, 7 May 1932, Page 6
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126KING’S POLICE MEDAL. Manawatu Standard, Volume LII, Issue 133, 7 May 1932, Page 6
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