HONOUR FOR COLAC BAY
SOLDIER AWARDED THE MILITARY MEDAL
Advice has been received that Gunner R. Wixon, of Colac Bay, has been awarded the Military Medal. Gunner Wixon is the son of Mr J. Wixon, Waitane, and a nephew of Mrs Te Au, sen., of Colac Bay. Colac Bay has been brought into the limelight by soldiers from that district, as this is the third Colac Bay man to receive a decoration. One of the others is Sergeant J. D. Hinton, V.C.
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Southland Times, Issue 24623, 20 December 1941, Page 6
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82HONOUR FOR COLAC BAY Southland Times, Issue 24623, 20 December 1941, Page 6
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