AWARDED THE M.B.E.
LIEUTENANT H. LARSEN [by telegraph—OWN correspondent] Thursday Advice has been received by Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Larsen, Foster ? s Hotel, ♦ Wanganui, that their eon, ' Lieutenant' Harold Larsen, .has been awarded the M.B.E. for distinguished: national ser- _ vice. . . • . . _ Lieutenant Larsen," who is aged 26, was born in Wanganui, and was educated at Auckland . Grammar, -School and Auckland University College,-where he obtained the degree of Master 'of Arts and Master of - Commerce,, with first-class honours in each. He left New Zealand in November, 1938, to con-. tinue his. studies, and on . arrival. in England enlisted in the Navy. After taking a special course-he gained the Board of Trade deep-sea master's certificate. Oh the outbreak" of war he was called up and has been engaged on special; service. - ; ... ~■>,.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23718, 26 July 1940, Page 8
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