AIR HONOURS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 24634, 16 June 1941, Page 4

AIR HONOURS

NEW ZEALAND LIST OVER 100 AWARDS It was announced last week by the Minister of Defence, Mr F. Jones, that a grand total of over 100 awards has been reached by New Zealand airmen since the outbreak of war. In the following list it will be noted that one airman. Wing Commander S C. Elworthy, has won three decorations, the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Air Force Cross and the Distinguished Service Order:— Distinguished Flying Cross Adams. John, acting flight lieutenant. Bagnall, Douglas Robert, pilot, officer. Barker, Desmond Wallace Ferguson, flight lieutenant. . •- Barnit. Heslop Miles Frederick, flying officer. •..''.-'.■:-••■ Blake, Minden Vaughan, squadron leader. .... .' .• Breckon, Aubrey Arthur Ninnis, acting squadron 1 ader. Bridson, Allan, pilot officer. Brown, William Davenport, acting flying officer. _. Buchanan, Lindsay Basil, flying officer. Carbury, Brian John George, flying officer. • .. . ~ Carey, Garth Wolls Fuller, pilot officer. Clark, Leonard Ernie; acting flight lieutenant. Clouston, Wilfred, flight lieutenant. Coleman. Lloyd Watt, acting flight lieutenant. Coleman, William Harcourt, flying officer. Deere, Alan Christopher, flight lieutenant. _,''■ Denton, Frank Henderson, pilot officer. Elworthy, Samuel Charles, wing commander. ■ '•'„'.', / Eustace, Francis Edwin, acting flight lieutenant. ■ ; Fitzgerald, Thomas Bernard, flying officer. „ Fowler, Alfred Lawrence, flying officer. Freeman, Trevor Owen, flying officer. Gawith, Alan Antill, flying officer. Gibson. John Albert Axel, pilot officer. Gould, Alexander Herbert, pilot officer. Gray, Colin Falkland, pilot officer. Gray. Kenneth Neil, pilot officer. Harkness, Donald Joseph, pilot officer. Herrick, Michael James, pilot officer. Hodgson, William Henry, pilot officer. Jacobsen. Louis Reginald; pilot officer. Jameson, Patrick Gerrant, flight lieutenant. Jaman, Geoffreyfi Twyford, wing commander.

Jartnan, Geoffrey Twyford, wing comKain, Edgar James, flying officer. Kay, Cyril Eyton, squadron leader. Kean, Thomas Raymond, pilot officer. Larney. Geordie Keith, flying officer. Lewis. Ronald Edward, flying officer, ■. Long, Frank Hugh, pilot officer., Lucas. Frederick John, acting flight lieutenant. ■McArthur. Duncan Harold,'pilot officer. Macfarlane, Malcolm Hugh, acting flying officer. McKay, John James, acting flight lieutenant. ■ ' . McKee, Andrew, wing commander. MacKenzie, John Noble, flying officer. Magill, Graham Reese, flight • lieutenant. Menzies. Guy Jerrold, frying officer. ' Miller. Hayden Hugh James, pilot officer. Millen, Samuel James, flying officer. Milne, Cecil Dunn, acting flight lieutenant.- "■ Nixon, William Maxwell, flying officer. Paape. Arthur Mitchell, pilot officei. Parsons, Ernst lan. pilot officer. Pownall, Charles Aylmer, flying officer. Raymond. Cuthbert.,acting flight lieutenant. Rea, William Samuel, acting flight lieutenant. Robinson,. Peter. Bettley, pilot officer. Smith, Irving Stanley, pilot '. officer. Smith, Peter Duggan, pilot officer. Stratton. William Hector, flying officer. Svenson, Neil Hyland, pilot officer. Swift, James Frederick, pilot officer. Tacon. Ernest William, pilot officer. Tait, Kenneth William, flying officer. •' Trent, Leonard- Henry, flight lieutenant.; Trigancp. William, pilot officer. Trousdale, Richard Macklow, acting flight lieutenant. Verran, James Victor, pilot officer. Vernon, James Edward, pilot officer. West, Peter Wynn Mason, pilot officer. Weston, George Ernest, flying' officer. Whitley, E. W. t squadron leader. Williams, Maurice Chalk, .flying officer. Williams, Neville,, flying officer A . Bar to Distinguished Flying Cross Carbury. Brian John George, '■■ flying, officer. .'"'■' '-' .'•■ '"'■• Coleman, Lloyd -Watt, acting flight licur. tenant; " '■' '" '■'■'', ' ': ":' Deere, Allan Christopher, flight lieuten-: ant. •,'■'■•' Distinguished Flying Meflal .',: Ingram, Norman Jonathan, sergeant. > Knight, Colin Brian Graham, corporal. ; McLaren, Peter Victor, sergeant..•.Overheti, lan, sergeant. Recce, Asher, sergeant.,■.'•. ;,v - Street,.vK:ith lan, sergeant. ' Williams, Edwin Peter, sergeant, .Distinguished Service Order Elwprthy, Samuel Charles, wing commander. Air Force Cross Eiworthy, Samuel Charles, wing commander. Gordon, A., squadron leader. Grindell, Gordon John, squadron leader. Hooper. William Ernest, acting squadron leader. Maling; James Richard, flight lieutenant. Moen, Erik Alfred Anderson, flight lieutenant. Moir, J. F., squadron leader. Ramsbottom-Isherwood, H. N. C, squadron leader.- ■ Nedwill, Richard John. Courtney, squadron leader. Tancred; Harry Lumsden, squadron leader. . ' George Medal Davison. John >Tregonwell, pilot officer. Herrick, Denis Trevelyan. pilot officer Stratton, Ernest Alfred, sergeant. - ' Croix De Geurre * Max, R flying officer.