BRAVERY IN ITALY

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 79, 19 June 1944, Page 3

BRAVERY IN ITALY

2nd N.Z.E.F. MEN SIXTY-NINE DECORATIONS Wellington, June 17. Advice that the King has approved of the following awards to Second N.Z.E.F. personnel in recognition cf gallant and distinguished service in Italy has been received by the Minister of Defence (the Hon. F. Jones):— BAR TO D.S.O. Lieut. —Colonel Henry M. McElroy. Awarded D.S.O. in September, 1942. Auckland. D.S.O. Lieut.-Colonel Robert L. McGaffin, Palmerston North. *Lieut.-Colonel Herbert E. Gilbert, Wanganui. Edwin E. Richards. Next of kin: Mrs R. V. Richards, 18 Endeavour street, Nelson (w). Major John W. Reynolds, Claudelands, Hamilton. T/Major James R. Williams, Christchurch. T/Major Duncan U. White, Timaru. MILITARY CROSS T/Major Douglas P. W. Harvey. Blen-

heim.T/Major Stamford M. Hewitt, Dannevirke. Captain Alexander W. H. Borrie, Dunedin. Captain Patrick J. Brennan. Opunake. ■“Captain Campbell N. D’Arcy, Hamilton. Peter F. Te Heuheu Ornberg (died of wounds, May 30, 1944), Paraparaumu. T/Captain James G. Furness, Blenheim. ■“T/Captain Peter W. De B. Morgan, Opawa. Christchurch. T/Captain Frank R. Coe, Merivale, Christchurch. Lieut. Collier C. Beswick. Oamaru. Lieut. Hendry B. Hay, Christchurch. Lieut. Thomas G. S. Morrin. Hastings. Lieut. Alfred J. Voss (previously awarded D.C.M., Tauranga. 2/Lieut. Benjamin G. Christy, Auckland. 2/Lieut. James M. Hennessy, Waimate. 2/Lieut. George A. O'Leary, Wellington. 2/Lieut. David McCormick. Next of kin: Mrs M. V. McCormick, care Messrs Rout and Milner, Solicitors, Hardy street Nelson (w.). Rev. John K. Watson, Chaplain to the Forces. Plimmerton. D.C.M. T/W.O. 1 Martin Te Takabi Mcßae, Wairoa. Sgt. George K. Babe, Whangarei. 2/Lieut. Joseph W. Mataira (commissioned since gaining the award), Porangahau. Sgt. Thomas W. Tulloch. Wellington. Sgt. David C. Welsh. Southland. L/Sgt. Lewis . W. Davis. Devonport. L/Sgt. Geoffrey G. Mason. Hokianga. MILITARY MEDAL T/W.O. 11. Bryan K. Bassett, Tauranga. Sgt. Herbert A. Heley, Waihi. Sgt. Francis P- Sanders. Queenstown. L/Sgt. Matthew A. Keppel. Timaru. Cpl. Garth Ryder. Next of kin: Mrs L. D. Francois, Riwaka, Nelson (m). Pte. William J. Mclndoe, Musselburgh. Dunedin. L/Cpl. Nelson R. Mathers. Horotui. Pte. lan K. Bertie, Aramoho. Pte. Malcolm H. Taylor, Wainui, via Kaukapakapa. Tpr. Leonard P. Gallagher. Island Bay. Pte. Frederick K. Jones, Christchurch. Pte. Kevin P. O'Sullivan, Woolston, Christchurch. Pte. William B. Stockwell, Te Puke. T/W.O. II: Desmond F. Corrigan, Christchurch. T/Cpl. D’Arcy I. McPherson. Next of kin: Mr W. McPherson, Puramahoi, Takaka (f). T/Sgt. Thomas G. Sargent, Carterton. T/Sgt. John W. Churton, Silverstream. Cpl. Vincent Stanaway. Helensville. Cpl. Frederick S. R. Tyson, Springston South. Pte. Ernest H. Graves, Brooklyn. Pte. Dick Alex. Toe Toe. Whangarei. T/L/Cpl. George E. Pritchard, Wanganui. Pte. Andrew J. Callanan. Balclutha. Pte. Reginald A. Hermon, Pahiatua. Tpr. Walter McCulloch. Ellerslie. Pte. Ernest Pomeroy. Next of kin:, Mr R. J. Pomeroy, Bainham, Collinswood, Nelson (f). Sgt. Frank S. Dacey, London; also Lyall Bay. Wellington. Sgt. Leslie G. Scott. Hamilton. T/Sgt. Francis Mcl. Milne. Spreydon. Pte. Frederick H. Anderson, Christchurch. T/Cpl. Thomas S. McNiece. Hastings. Pte. James W. Barnard, New Plymouth. T/L/Cpl. Allan A. Wilson. Otautau. Pte. Francis J. Foley, Kerrytown R.M.D.. via Timaru. Pte. Douglas T. Hislop. Next of kin: Mr T. Hislop, Petrol Station, Stoke, Nelson (f). Robert E. Miln. Te Kuiti. Sgm. Maurice Spring. Waitara. ■“lndicates previous mention in dispatches.—P.A. 2/Lieut. David McCormick who has received the Military Cross is a son of Mr and Mrs T. McCormick of Tarakohe. His wife is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Vernon Rout of Nelson. In a list published on Saturday he was incorrectly slated tc have been awarded the D.S.O. ea