CROIX DE GUERRE.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14334, 26 June 1917, Page 8

CROIX DE GUERRE.

HONOR FOR NEW ZEALANDERS. j Word has been ieceiA-'ed m Timaru of !i the gaming of an important French, djs- 1 tinction by some Jfe^y; Zealanders avlio' are engaged m ambulance transport^ work •yith the French Army. Tlieir'/work is that of removing wounded from ..the fir- j ing line,-.and the order dealing with the , matter, issued by General -Riberpray, -qp- . plabis itself. It states that) the. sectiqn concerned . „ ". ' "/.',,. • ' "Ai-rived with the armies during January, 1915, and Avas attached to the 128 th Division during February, , 1916, after having been a unit of the | army •of Alsace. This section, under j the conduct, of Lieut. Raymond .De- ' A'ille, with Lieut. John <Mi^iie as assistant m command, vhas< given to the service of the Avounded all the bravery and all the courage of a select personnel. It has always been its prideto servo the most exposed 'posts of i evacuation,' and never has it ceased to ! slioav under tbe most intense bombard- j ments by night as avoll as by day, the most absolute disregard of self and tho most precious activity." Lieut. Dcville, aa'lio, is French, receives tho Croix do Guerre and Lieut. ;, Milne (English) has a ".silver star placed on 'tho ribbon of the cross Avhich he, already holds. Their three' New Zealand , subordinates are: H. B. Cogan (Ohristchurch). H. W. H. .Sams (Balmoral). E. P. V. .Siealey jTimaru). Each of tljese receives ." a certificate marked AA'itb the AA-brds "Proix .de Guerre," and setting out the army.o rder. J Moreover the motor cars used by this j section bears the . Ayords ''Ci'bix de . Guerre." It is permissible to add that