NEW ZEALANDER DECORATED
HONOURED AFTER DEATH. (Per United Press Association.) TEKUITI, March 5, A military parade was held at Tekuitl on the occasion of presenting medals in the presence of over 300 Territorials and some thousand residents. Sir James Allen presented Mr T. Frost, of Kelvin House, Tekuiti, with the French decoration the Croix de Guerre and Distinguished Conduct Medal awarded to the late Sergeant-major Frost, who was killed in the Somme offensive. The Minister gave a stirring address. He referred to the Territorial system as the primary school at which lessons were learned that enabled men to accomplish deeds similar to which they were assembled that evening to do honour. It was a unique honour for him to have to present such Distinguished Medals, and while there-was a sad side to the presentation the lesson of self-sacrifice by the late officer was one the nation as a whole could profit by.
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Southland Times, Issue 17966, 6 March 1917, Page 5
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152NEW ZEALANDER DECORATED Southland Times, Issue 17966, 6 March 1917, Page 5
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