ACTIVE OVERSEAS SERVICE
HONOURS FOR N.Z. AIRMEN Wellington, This Day. Eleven New Zealanders, either members of the R.A.F. or R.N.Z.A.F. serving on active aerial service overseas are named in the New Year’s Honours List, details of which have been received from London by the Air Department, Wellington. Recipients are: Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Acting Group Captain Andrew McKee, D. 5.0., D.F.C., A F.C., R.A.F. Bar to Air Force Cross, Wing Commander James Leonard Moir, A.F.C., R.A.F. Air Force Cross, Acting Wing Commander Kenneth Frederick Vare, R.A.F. Wellington; Acting Squadron Leader Rex Donald Daniell, R.A.F., Masterton; Acting Squadron Leader Walter Desmond Heaphy, R.A.F., Greymouth; Acting Squadron Leader Roy Alexander Leslie, R.A.F., Waitara; Warrant Officer Howard William Player, R.N.Z.A.F., Wellington; Acting Squadron Leader Maurice Craig Kinder, R.A.F., Auckland. The following are listed as having received commendations for their services: Flight Lieutenant Charles William Halliwell Thomson, R.A.F., Stratford; Flying Officer Wallace Russel King, R.N.Z.A.F.; Te Kuiti; Flying Officer Hilton James Valentine Atkins, R.N.Z.A.F., Timaru. McKee and Moir were pre-war entrants into the R.A.F.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 79, 8 January 1944, Page 2
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174ACTIVE OVERSEAS SERVICE Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 79, 8 January 1944, Page 2
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