GALLANT AIRMEN

Timaru Herald, Volume CLVIII, Issue 23316, 27 September 1945, Page 4

GALLANT AIRMEN

Awards Announced D.S.O. For Masterton Pilot (N.Z.P.A.) WELLINGTON, Sept.. 26. Advice has been received by the Air Department from London of the following awards to New Zealand airmen. Distinguished Service Order Acting-Wing Commander Thomas Welch Horton. D.F.C. and Bar. Father, Mr T. H. Horten, Masterton. I Bar to Distinguished Flying' Cross Acting-Squadron Leader James Victor Verran, D.F.C. Mother, Mrs J. Verran, Taumarunui. Acting-Flight Lieutenant Kenneth Gerald Orman, D.F.C. Mother, Mrs L. A. Orman, Wellington. Flying Officer Allen John Muir, D.F.C. Wife, Mrs M. Muir. Dunedin. Distinguished Flying Cross Flight Lieutenant Charles Edward Baxter. Mother, Mrs M. E. Brightwell, Waimate. Acting-Squadron Leader Keith Marwood Boles. Father, Mr H. J. Boles, Auckland. Flight Lieutenant William Bolton Cookson. Father, Mr A. M. Cookson, Rotorua. Flight Lieutenant George Conder Hitchcock. Father, Mr W. J. Hitchcock, Kawhis*. Flight Lieutenant John Alfred Scott. Wife, Mrs B. Scott, Dunedin. Flight Lieutenant Douglas Twist. Next-of-kin in Britain. Flight Lieutenant Gordon Allan Lee Webby. Mother, Mrs G. T. Webby, Wanganui. Flight Lieutenant Bruce Dixon Williams. Next-of-kin, W. P. Williams, Wanganui. Acting-Flight Lieutenant William Pukeroa Moffatt. Father, Mr W. A. Moffatt, Palmerston North. Acting-Flight Lieutenant George Russell Joblin. Father, Mr R. G. Joblin, Patea. Acting-Flight Lieutenant Eric Clifton Harris. Mother, Mrs M. A. Harris, Waiuta. Acting-Flight Lieutenant Douglas Alfred Ingham. Wife, Mrs J. L. Ingham, Auckland. Flying Officer lan Gilbert Sutherland. Mother, Mrs R. G. Sutherland. Masterton.' Flying Officer Douglas McClelland. Mother, Mrs F. A. McClelland, Auckland. Flying Officer Alec Gordon Leech. Mother, Mrs M. Leech, Gisborne. Flying Officer Arthur John Prescott. Father, Mr A. Prescott, Otorohanga. Flying Officer George David Lean. Wife, Mrs J. G. Lean. Australia. Flying Officer James Slaven Muir. Mother, Mrs J. Muir, Wellington. Flying Officer Richard Edward Robertshawe. Wife, Mrs J. Robertshawe, Wellington. Flying Officer Charles Neville Martin. Father, Mr R. L. Martin, Te Puke. Flying Officer Noel Alfred Atkins. Mother, Mrs M. E. Atkins, Bay of Islands. Flying Officer John White Creamer. Mother, Mrs E. L. Creamer, Auckland. Flying Officer Aage Colieridge Jensen. Wife, Mrs B. Jensen, Blenheim. Acting-Flying Officer John Groves. Mother, Mrs H. G. Groves, Masterton. Pilot Officer William John Henley. Mother, Mrs M. A. Henley, Auckland. Pilot Officer Peter Alexander Cannons. Mother, Mrs E. G. Cannons, Wellington. W.O. Walter Wilson Beswarick. Wife, Mrs H. Beswarick, Wanganui. W.O. William Osborne McKay. Mother. Mrs J. McKay, Wyndham. Flight Sergeant Walter Hornung. Father, Mr G. Hornung, Christchurch.