DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS
AWARD TO A NELSONIAN Cabled advice that his son. Pilot Officer William Adino Newenham, has been awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, has been received by L.A.C. W. F.. A. Newenham, of the RN.Z.A.F. Pilot Officer Newenham was born in Nelson and attended Nelson College before taking up a position in the North Island. joined the R.N.Z.A.F. at (lie outbreak of war. and about four onths later went overseas. His father, L.A.C. Newenham. is an old soldier himself, having seen 14 years’ service, and has now joined up again. His three sons and son-in-law are all in the forces. The citation of Pilot Officer Newenhrm’s D.F.C.. states: "As an air observer he displayed exceptional keenness and enthusiasm during an operational tour. He has participated in attacks on targets which included Cologne. Berlin. Kiel. Hamburg and Stettin. Though the :ranv sorties in which he has taken part have been of a difficult and hazardous nature, he has shown himself a capable and
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 77, 16 February 1942, Page 4
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