GALLANT SERVICE

Otago Daily Times, Issue 25565, 19 June 1944, Page 4

GALLANT SERVICE

AWARDS TO NEW ZEALANDERS FIVE OTAGO MEN DECORATED (P.A.) WELLINGTON, June 17. The King has approved of the following awards to the 2nd N.Z.E.F. personnel in recognition of gallant and distinguished service in Italy:— OTAGO Military Cross Captain Alexander William Huntley Borrie; father, Dr W. H. Borrie, Dunedin. Lieutenant Collier Cunningham Beswick; father, Mr E. C. Beswick, Oamaru. Military Medal Sergeant Francis Paton Sanders; mother, Mrs K. A. Sanders, Queenstown. Private William James Mclndoe; wife, Mrs C. B. Mclndoe, Dunedin. Private Andrew John Callanan; mother, Mrs C. M. Callanan, Balclutha. OTHER DISTRICTS Bar to D.S.O. Lieutenant-colonel Henry Michael MeElroy, awarded the D.S.O. in September. 1942; wife. Mrs E. G. M. MeElroy. Auckland. Distinguished Service Order Lieutenant-colonel Robert Leslie McGaffin; wife, Mrs I. McGaffin, Palmerston North. • Lieutenant-colonel Herbert Ellery Gilbert; father, Mr E. G. Gilbert, Wanganui. Temp. Lieutenant-colonel Edwin Ernest Richards; wife, Mrs R. V. Richards, Nelson. Major John Wilson Reynolds; father, Mr T. G. Reynolds, Hamilton. Temp. Major James Rutherford Williams; wife, Mrs J. M. Williams, Christchurch. Temp. Major Duncan Urquhart White; father, Mr D. White, Timaru. • Military Cross Temp. Major Douglas Percy William Harvey; wife, Mrs P. S. Harvey, Blenheim Temp. Major Stamford Martin Hewitt; mother, Mrs E. Hewitt, Dannevirke. Captain Patrick John Brennan; father, Mr A. J. Brennan, Opunake. Captain Campbell Newman D’Arcy; mother, Mrs E. G. Smith, Hamilton. Captain Peter Frederick Te Heuheu Ornberg (died of wounds); mother, Mrs A. T. Ornberg, Paraparaumu. Temp. Captain James Geoffrey Furness; wife, Mrs M. O. Furness, Blenheim. Temp. Captain Peter Wight de Bretherton Morgan; mother, Mrs M. C. Morgan, Christchurch.

Temp. Captain Frank Rowland Coe; mother, Mrs A. M. Coe, Christchurch. Lieutenant Hendry Bruce Hay; wife, Mrs K. C. Hay, Christchurch. Lieutenant Thomas George Stratton Morrih; father, Mr T. V. Morrin, Hastings. Lieutenant Alfred John Voss (previously awarded D.C.M.); wife, Mrs E. A. Voss, Tauranga. Second-lieu tenant Benjamin Goddard Christy; wife, Mrs A. M. Christy, Auckland. i

Second-lieutenant James Michael Hennessy; wife, Mrs R. C. Hennessy, Waimate. Second-lieutenant George Austin O’Leary; wife, Mrs J. R. O’Leary, Wellington.

Second-lieutengnt David McCormick; wife, Mrs M. V. McCormick, Nelson. The Rev. John Kollett Watson, chaplain to the forces; mother, Mrs J. R. Watson, Plimmerton.

Distinguished Conduct Medal Temp. Warrant-officer (Class I) Martin Te Takahi Mcßae; father, Mr P. Mcßae, 1 Wairoa. ’

Sergeant George Kenneth Babe; mother, Mrs A. Babe, Wnangarei. Second-lieutenant Joseph Whakekura Mataira (commissioned since gaining the award); wife, Mrs K. T. Mataira, of Porangahau.

Sergeant Thomas William Tulloch; wife, Mrs P. M. Tulloch, Wellington. Sergeant David Caldwell Welsh; wife, Mrs M. E. Welsh, Ohai. Lance-sergeant Lewis Albert William Davis; wife, Mrs G. M. Davis, Auckland. Lance-sergeant Geoffrey George Mason; mother, Mrs L. Mason, Waimamaku. Military Medal Temp. Warrant-officer (Class II) Bryan Knowles Bassett; wife, Mrs C. L. Bassett, Tauranga. Sergeant Herbert Alfred Heley; mother, Mrs I. Heley, Waihl. Lance-sergeant Matthew Alphonsus Keppel; father, Mr J. J* Keppel, Timaru. Corporal Garth Ryder; mother, Mrs L. D. Francois, Nelson. Lance-corporal Nelson Reginald Mathers; sister, Mrs E. R. Campbell, Horotiu. Private lan Kronast Bertie; mother, Mrs G. E. Bertie, Aramoho.' Private Malcolm Herbert Taylor; mother. Mrs F. Taylor, Wainui. Trooper Leonard Patrick Gallagher; mother, Mrs A. J. Gallagher; Wellington. Private Frederick Kirkham Jones; wife, Mrs L. M. Jones, Christchurch. Private Kevin Patrick O’Sullivan; mother, Mrs M. C. O’Sullivan, Christchurch. Private William Brighty Stockwell; wife, Mrs P. M. Stockwell, Te Puke. Temp. Warrant-officer (Class II) Desmond Patrick Corrigan; mother, Mrs J. C. Corrigan, Christchurch.. Temp. Corporal Darcy Ivan McPherson; father, Mr W. McPherson, Takaka. Temp. Sergeant Thomas George Sargent; wife, Mrs E. M. Sargent, Carterton. Temp. Sergeant John Walter Churton; wife, Mrs F. K. Churton, Wellington. Corporal Vincent Stanaway; mother, Mrs E. N. Stanaway, Helensville. Corporal Frederick Samuel Roland Tyson; sister, Miss Hope Tyson, Springston South. Private Ernest Harry Graves; mother, Mrs V. C. McPherson, Wellington. Private Dick Alex; Mrs R. W. Alex (relationship not stated), Whangarel. Temp. Lance-corporal George Edwin Pritchard; fiancee, Miss E. Ryder, Wanganui. Private Reginald Andrew Hermon; Mrs M Bengstone (relationship not stated), Pahiatua. Trooper Walter McCulloch; wife, Mrs K M. McCulloch, Ellerslie. Private Ernest Pomeroy; father, Mrs R. J. Pomeroy, Collingwood, Nelson. Sergeant Frank Stanley Dacey; mother, Mrs K. Dacey; friend, Mr E. Bourke, Wellington. Sergeant Leslie Graham Scott; mother, Mrs G. L. Scott, Hamilton. Temp. Sergeant Francis Mclntyre Milne; mother, Mrs K. Milne, Christchurch. Private Frederick Herbert Anderson; father, Mr C. E. Anderson, Christchurch, Temp. Corporal Thomas Samuel McNiece; mother, Mrs M. McNlece, Hastings. • Private James Whatman Barnard; mother, Mrs R. Barnard, New Plymouth. Temp. Lance-corporal Allan Alexander Wilson; wife, Mrs C. Wilson, Otautau. Private Francis John Foley; mother, Mrs A. E. Foley, Kerrytown, via Timaru. Private Douglas Thomas Hislop; father, Mr T. Hislop, Nelson. Robert Ewan Miln (rank not stated); father, Mr R. Miln, Te Kuiti. , Signalman Maurice Spring; wife, Mrs V. G. Spring, Waitara.