DOMINION WAR NEWS.
—• • FRENCH HOKO UK. FOR. NEW ZEALAND 2fON-GOM. Per Press Association. ,1' . 4-UCKLAN"p, Sept. 23. , n urteresti'ng and unique ceremony took place this afternoon, when Ser-geant-Major Boate, D.0., was presented wrtih the Medai: lie Mditair*?, conferred /by the French President m recognition of bravery in the field. Sergeant-Major Boate, with; another non-com. displayed great bravery and resource in holding the right »laaik at a weak spot requiring great vigilen-ce, at the Chunik Bai'r action at Gaillipoli, on August 9, 1915. The presenta.t oti was made by the Defence Minister in the presence of a parade of 5000 liv-oops, including Anzacs and senior cadets. DEATH OF A SOLDIER. Sergeant John Wood, who was on leave from Hanmer, died on the Pateena en route from Lyttelton this v.ora.ing. He was unwell during ill© night, and was found dead on one of the hatches a,t 6 o'clock this morfling; ■■£ His next of kin is" Mrs Mi.' TVfoodj Morningtcn, Dtmedin.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CV, Issue 16076, 25 September 1916, Page 5
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158DOMINION WAR NEWS. Timaru Herald, Volume CV, Issue 16076, 25 September 1916, Page 5
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