HONOURS CONFERRED
CAPTAIN AND FIRST OFFICER ORDEAL AFTER TORPEDOING OF SHIP (P.A.) WELLINGTON, May 21. Captain S. E. A. Gregory, marine superintendent for New Zealand of the Port Line, has received news from London that Mr H. .McGregor. Post, formerly chief officer cf the Port Gisborne, has been awarded the M.8.E., and Captain T. Kippins, D.S.C., the master of that ship, has been awarded the 0.8. E. After the ship had been torpedoed and sunk, Captain Kippins, Mr Post and members of the crew were adrift in a lifeboat for 14 days before being rescued. They suffered from exposure and were in hospital for some time after landing in Britain. Mr Pest is the son of the late Captain C. Post, who for many years was in command of the Government steamer Tutanekai, and is a brother-in-law of Captain Gregory.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24613, 22 May 1941, Page 6
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140HONOURS CONFERRED Otago Daily Times, Issue 24613, 22 May 1941, Page 6
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