SERVICE AWARDS

Timaru Herald, Volume CLVIII, Issue 23320, 2 October 1945, Page 4

SERVICE AWARDS

Operations In Italy D.S.O. For Lieut.-Col. H. A. Purcell Rev. Father L. Spring Granted M.B.E. (N.Z.P.A.) WELLINGTON. Oct. 1. The following awards to New Zealanders covering operations in Italy from January 1 to March 31, 1945, were announced to-day by Ihe Minister of Defence (the Hon. F. Jones):— Distinguished Service Order Colonel Thomas C. Campbell, M.C., Whangarei.

Lieutenant-Colonel Harold A. Purcell, Timaru. Rev. Harold F. Harding, M.8.E., Chaplain to the Forces. Officers of the Military Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire. Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur G. Clark, M.C., Napier. Rev. Father Leo P. Spring, Chaplain to the Forces, Timaru. Major Francis Trewby, Mangaweka. Member of the Military Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire. Major Geoffrey S. Cox. New Zealand Legation, Washington. Acting-Major lan A. Arthur, Invercargill. Warrant Officer I. Edward O. Gibson, Mosgiel. Military Cross Major Jack Findlay, Napier. Captain Arnold C. Hunter, Nelson. Major Reginald H. Spicer, Palmerston North. Lieutenant Philip K. McCliskie, Gisborne. Military Medal Warrant Officer 11. Ernest D. Boueen, Raetihi. Warrant Officer 11. George T. Holden, Otorohanga. Warrant Officer 11. Norman S. McGregor, Taranaki. Sergeant Leonard A. Chisholm, Dunedin. Sergeant Stanley V. Gilchrist, Dunedin. Lance-Sergeant Douglas H. Pulford, Napier. British Empire Medal Corporal James S. Connelly, Whangarei. Corporal George R. Harvey, Dannevirke. Corporal George H. .Justice, Christchurch.