INVESTITURE
A GOVERNMENT HOUSE FUNCTION. WELLINGTON, July 13. I The Governor-General (Viscount Jellicoe) held an investiture at Government House j to-night, at which he presented badges • of Orders and Decorations awarded by His j Majesty the King. The ceremony opened with the presentation to Sir George llunter, M.P., of the Letters Patent of Knighthood. 1 The Order of Companion of the Bath was conferred on Lieutenant-colonel H. E. Hart, Wellington Regiment, The Distinguished Service Order was conferred on Lieutenant-colonel R. S. M’Quarrie, N.Z.F.A. ; Major A. S. Wilder, M.(A, Wellington Mounted Rules. The Bar to the Military Cross was conferred oti Major J. G. Coates, Minister of Public Works, who was also decorated with the Military Cross won by him in the field. The Military Cross was conferred on 22 officers. Civil orders were conferred on two leci pie nits of the Order of the British Empire. Three next-of-kin received the Military ('loss. They were: Mr A. Craven, of Blenheim, father of Second-lieutenant A. Craven. Mrs A. S. Baxter (Wellington), widow of Lieutenant E. Baxter. Mr .J. MacMillan (W ellington), father of Second lieutenant D. G. MacMillan.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OW19210719.2.85
Bibliographic details
Otago Witness, Issue 3514, 19 July 1921, Page 25
Word Count
186INVESTITURE Otago Witness, Issue 3514, 19 July 1921, Page 25
Using This Item
Allied Press Ltd is the copyright owner for the Otago Witness. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Allied Press Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in