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Timaru Herald, Volume CLV, Issue 22922, 19 June 1944, Page 4

HONOURED BY KING

Expeditionary Force Personnel Distinguished Service In Italy Timaru Officer Receives D.S.O. (N.Z.P.A.) WELLINGTON. June 18. His Majesty the King has approved the following awards to Second N.Z.E.F. personnel in recognition of gallant and distinguished service in Italy. Bar to D.S.O. Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Michael McElroy (Awarded D.S.O. in September, 1942). Wife," Mrs E. G. M. McElroy, Auckland. D.S.O. Temporary-Major Duncan Urquhart White. Father, Mr D. White, Timaru. Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Leslie McGaffin. Wife, Mrs I. McGaffin, Palmerston North. Lieutenant-Colonel Herbert Ellery Gilbert. Father, Mr E. G. Gilbert, Wanganui.

Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel Edwin Ernest Richards. Wife, Mrs R. V. Richards, Nelson. Major John Wilson Reynolds. Father, Mr T. G. Reynolds, Hamilton. Temporary-Major James Rutherford Williams. Wife, Mrs J. M. Williams, Christchurch. Military Cross Second-Lieutenant James Michael Hennessy. Wife, Mrs R. C. Hennessy, Waimate. Temporary-Major Douglas Percy William Harvey. Wife, Mrs P. S. Harvey, Blenheim. Temporary-Major Stamford Martin Hewitt. Mother, Mrs E. Hewitt, Dannevirke. Captain Alexander William Huntley Borrie. Father, Dr. W. H. Borrie, Dunedin. Captain Patrick John Brennan. Father, Mr A. J. Brennan, Opunake. Captain Campbell Newman Darcy. Mother, Mrs E. G. Smith, Hamilton. Captain Peter Frederick Te Heuheu Ornberg (died of wounds). Mother, Mrs A. T. Ornberg, Paraparaumu. Temporary-Captain James Geoffrey Furness. Wife, Mrs M. O. Furness, Blenheim. Temporary-Captain Peter Wight De Bretherton Morgan. Mother, Mrs M. C. Morgan, Christchurch. Temporary-Captain Frank Rowland Coe. Mother, Mrs A. M. Coe, Christchurch. Lieutenant Collier Cunningham Beswlck. Father, Mr E. C. Beswick, Oamaru. Lieutenant Hendry Bruce Hay. Wife, Mrs K. C. Hay, Christchurch. Lieutenant Thomas George Stratton Morrin. Father, Mr T. V. Morrin, Hastings. Lieutenant Alfred John Voss (Previously awarded D.C.M.). Wife, Mrs E. A. Voss, Tauranga. Second-Lieutenant Benjamin Goddard Christy. Wife, Mrs A. M. Christy, Auckland. Second-Lieutenant George Austin O’Leary. Wife, Mrs J. R. O’Leary, Wellington. Second-Lieutenant David McCormick. Wife, Mrs M. V. McCormick, Nelson. Rev. John Kollett Watson, Chaplain to the Forces. Mother, Mrs J. R. Watson, Plimmerton. D.C.M. Temporary W.0.1. Martin Te Takahi Mcßae. Father, Mr P. Mcßae, Wairoa. Sergeant George Kenneth Babe. Mother, Mrs A. Babe, Whangarei. Second-Lieutenant Joseph Whakekura Mataira (commissioned since gaining award). Wife. Mrs K. T. Mataira, Porangahau. Sergeant Thomas William Tulloch. Wife, Mrs P. M. Tulloch, Wellington. Sergeant David Caldwell Welsh. Wife, Mrs M. E. Welsh. Ohai. Lance-Sergeant Lewis-Albert William Davis. Wife, Mrs G. M. Davis, Auckland. Lance-Sergeant Geoffrey George Mason. Mother, Mrs L. Mason, Waimamaku. Military Medal Lance-Sergeant Matthew Alphonsus Keppel. Father, Mr J. J. Keppel, Timaru. Private Francis John Foley. Mother, Mrs A. E. Foley, Kerrytown via. Timaru. Temporary W.0.11. Bryan Knowles Bassett. Wife, Mrs C. L. Bassett, Tauranga. Sergeant Herbert Alfred Heley. Mother, Mrs I. Heley, Waihi. Sergeant Francis Paton Sanders. Mother, Mrs K. A. Sanders, Queenstown. Corporal Garth Ryder. Mother, Mrs L. D. Francois, Nelson. Private William James Mclndoe. Wife, Mrs u. B. Mclndoe, Dunedin. Lance-Corporal Nelson Reginald Mathers. Sister, Mrs E. R. Camp- . bell, Horotiu. Private lan Kronast Bertie. Mother, Mrs G E. Bertie, Aramoho. Private Malcolm Herbert Taylor. Mother, Mrs F. Taylor, Wainui. Trooper Leonard Patrick Gallagher. Mother, Mrs A. J. Gallagher, Wellington. Private Frederick Kirkham Jones. Wife, Mrs L. M. Jones Christchurch. Private Kevin Patrick O’Sullivan. Mother, Mrs Mi C. O’Sullivan, Christchurch. Private William Brighty Stockwell. Wife, Mrs P. M. Stockwell, Te Puke. Temporary W.0.11. Desmond Patrick Corrigan, Mother, Mrs Corrigan, Christchurch. Temporary-Corporal Darcy Ivan McPherson. Father, Mr W. McPherson, Takaka. Temporary-Sergeant Thomas George Sargent. Wife, Mrs E. M. Sar-

gent, Carterton. Temporary-Sergeant John Walter Churton. Wife, Mrs F. K. Churton, Wellington. Corporal Vincent Stanaway. Mother, Mrs E. N. Stanaway, Helensville. Corporal Frederick Samuel Roland Tyson. Sister, Miss Hope Tyson, Springston. Private Ernest Harry Graves. Mother, Mrs V. C. McPherson, Wellington. Private Dick Alex. Mrs R. W. Alex (relationship not stated), Whangarei. Temporary Lance-Corporal George Edwin Pritchard. Fiancee, Miss E. Ryder, Wanganui. Private Andrew John Callanan. Mother, Mrs C. M. Callanan, Balclutha. Private Reginald Andrew Hermon. Mrs M. Bengstone (relationship not stated) Pahiatua. Trooper Walter McCulloch. Wife, Mrs K. M. McCulloch, Ellerslie. Private Ernest Pomeroy. Father, Mr R. J. Pomeroy, Collingwood, Nelson. Sergeant Frank Stanley Dacey. Mother, Mrs K. Dacey, Wellington. Sergeant Leslie Graham Scott. Mother, Mrs G. L. Scott, Hamilton. Temporary-Sergeant Francis Mclntyre Milne. Mother, Mrs K. Milne, Christchurch. Private Frederick Herbert Anderson. Father, Mr C. E. Anderson, Christchurch. Temporary-Corporal Thomas Samuel McNiece. Mother, Mrs M. McNiece, Hastings. Private James Whatman Barnard. Mother, Mrs R. Barnard, New Plymouth. Temporary Lance-Corporal Allan Alexander Wilson. Wife, Mrs C. Wilson, Otautau. Private Douglas Thomas Hislop. Father, Mr T. Hislop. Nelson. Robert Ewan Miln (rank not stated). Father, Mr R. Miln, Te Kuiti. Signalman Maurice Spring. Wife, Mrs y. G. Spring, Waitara,