Shield presented to the Royal New Zealand Artillery, Central Military District, by Miss Cordelia M. Laverty in memory of her fiance, Gunner L. C. .1. Bourke, who was killed at Taihape when a military lorry crashed through a bridge on November 19. 1938. It is to be awarded annually to the most efficient gunner in the R.N.Z.A., and the first winner, announced today, is Gunner W. L. Ruffell, Fort Dorses, ‘
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 84, Issue 5, 6 January 1940, Page 12
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70Shield presented to the Royal New Zealand Artillery, Central Military District, by Miss Cordelia M. Laverty in memory of her fiance, Gunner L. C. .1. Bourke, who was killed at Taihape when a military lorry crashed through a bridge on November 19. 1938. It is to be awarded annually to the most efficient gunner in the R.N.Z.A., and the first winner, announced today, is Gunner W. L. Ruffell, Fort Dorses, ‘ Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 84, Issue 5, 6 January 1940, Page 12
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