Bravery Awards To N.Z. Troops
[Per Press Association—Copyright] WELLINGTON, This Day
The Prime Minister (Mr Fraser), announced last night that the following awards and decorations have been conferred on New Zealand personnel for.' service in the Middle East: — Distinguished Service Order "Major Claude Herman Sawyers, N.Z. Artillery.—Mrs K. Sawyers, Auckland (wife). Military Cross Captain Denver James Fountain©, Infantry Birgade.—Mr J. C. Fountaine, Westport (father). Lieutenant George Lacey Lee (died of wounds). Machine-gun Battalion.— Dr Clara Lee, Sydney (widow). Lieutenant Cyril Stennart Pepper, N.Z. Artillery.—Mrs A. J. Pepper, Auckland (wife). Lieutenant Alfred Charles Yeoman, Infantry Brigade.—Mrs M. Yeoman, Taneatua (mother). Second Lieutenant Charles Harold Cathie.—Mr W. E. Cahie, Wellington (faher). Second-Lieutenant Albert Ronald Guthrey, Infantry Brigade.—Mrs C. H. Guthrey, Hokitika (mother). Distinguished Conduct Medal Bombardier Ronald Leslie Burk, N.Z. Artillery.—Mr B. Burk, Auckland (father). Private Millan Dodds, Infantry Brigade.—Mrs E. Dodds, Mosgiel (mother). Private William Douglas Friday, Infantry Brigade.—Mrs K. Friday, Porotarao (mother). Private Graham Henry Goad, Infantry Brigade—Mr C. E. Goad, Thames (father). Sergeant Harry Redfern Martin, Infantry Brigade.—Mrs E. Ames, Tolaga Bay (mother). Gunner Colin Joseph Winthrop. N.Z. Artillery.—Mrs A. Winthrop, Christchurch (mother). Military Medal Warrant-Officer II Philip George, N.Z. Artillery.—Mrs M. W. George, Dunedin (wife). Bombardier Thomas Maxwell Hutchinson, N.Z. Artillery.—Mrs J. M. Hutchinson, Napier (mother). Gunner Richard Wixon, N.Z. Artillery.—Mrs S. King, Bluff (aunt). Lance-Corporal Carville Munro, N.Z. Medical Corps—Mr A. R. Munro, Taihape (grandfather).
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Northern Advocate, 20 January 1942, Page 4
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