MEDAL FOR SEA CAPTAINS
SYDNJvY, Get. 13. Nino yeais niter the Yokohama cnrtlicjuake, six foreign sea captains have boon decorated with tho Itod Ribbon Modal, the highest honor tho Japanese Government confers. One of those to he decorated is Ctiptain .A. L. (Jordon, master of the Mem--11011. He has been in the Australian passenger and wool trades lor many years. At the time of tin' disaster he was in command of Lveean. When the presentations were made, a few weeks ago. by the (iovernor of Kami gawa. Captain (Jordon was the only recipient to he decorated personally.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 17918, 24 October 1932, Page 5
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