GALLANT SERVICE
ARMY OPERATIONAL AWARDS CAPTURE OF TREASURY ISLANDS Wellington, This Day. The Governor-General announced last evening that His Majesty the King had been pleased to approve of the following immediate operational awards to personnel of the 2nd N.Z.E.F. in recognition of gallant and distinguished service during operations on Treasury Islands in the South Pacific area.— BAR TO THE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE ORDER Brigadier Robert Amos Row, D.S.O. MILITARY CROSS 2nd Lieutenant Leslie Thomas George Booth. Next-of-kin: Mrs A. Booth (wife), 24 Cuba street, Christchurch. DISTINGUISHED CONDUCT MEDAL Sergeant William Albert Cowan, Next-of-kin, Mrs L. B. Cowan (wife), Ngatai street, Taumarunui. MILITARY MEDAL Sapper Jack Keith Duncan. Next-of-kin, Mrs K. Duncan (wife), 264 Dominion road, Auckland. Private Joseph Edward Smith. Next-of-kin, Mrs E. M. Smith (wife), Oneroa, Waiheke Island, Auckland. Corporal Frederick Arthur Armstrong. Next-of-kin,’ Mrs L. Armstrong (wife), 6 Rose street, Napier. Private Edward Valentine Owen. Next-of-kin, Mrs M. A. Owen (wife), Sixth Avenue, Tauranga. NAVAL AWARD The Minister of Defence, the Hon. F. Jones, has been advised by the Admiralty that His Majesty the King has approved of the following New Year mention in dispatches: Temporary Lieutenant Thomas Keith Murdoch Markwick, R.N.Z.N.V.R. Auckland.—P.A.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 79, 7 January 1944, Page 2
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194GALLANT SERVICE Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 79, 7 January 1944, Page 2
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