BRAVERY IN FIELD

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 86, Issue 67, 20 March 1942, Page 3

BRAVERY IN FIELD

HONOURS AND AWARDS I FURTHER LIST ISSUED Wellington, March 19. The following list of honours and I awards to members of the 2nd. i N.Z.E.F. was issued to-day:— D.S.O. Temp.-Col. C. E. Weir, Auckland. Lt.-Col. .J. R. Page, Auckland. Lt.-Col. C. Shuttleworth, Auckland. • , Lt-Col. L. W. Andrew, V.C., KhanBar To M.C. .Major R. Royal, Rotorua. M.C. ' Captain W. R. Carswell, Dunedin, i Capt. R. Pemberton, Christchurch. ■ Capt. J. M. Staveley, Palmerston N. Lieut. H. V. Donald, Masterton. I Lieut. J. W. Reeves. Wellington. 2nd. Lieut. A. B. Cottrell, Devonport. 2nd. Lieut. F. G. Clubb, Rotorua. Temp. Maj. T. C. Campbell, England. 2nd. Lieut. I. L. Murchison, Sedclon. 2nd. Lt. A. R. W. Ormond, Walling.‘ord. D.C.M. Segt. W. Batty, Auckland. Segt. E. W. Hobbs, Dunedin. Segt. E. J. E. McQueen, Wellington. Bombdr. A. B. Stewart, Napier. i Tern. Corp. D. M. Bassett, Sumner. ; Segt. C. W. Mack. Dunedin. Bar to M.M. ■ Corp. A. Sperry, Hamilton. M.M. W.O. 2nd. Class K. B. Booker, Wel- ■ lington. •Segt. R. G. Aro, Auckland. Segt. R. G. Aro, Auckland. Segt. A. W. J. Gorrie, Donnelly’s »ssing. segt. P. Murtagh. Auckland. Segt. A. J. Riddell, Te Kuiti. i’emp. Segt. R. J. Bayliss, Hastings. i4.-Cpl. L. H. Lovegrove, Wellington.; i’rvt. N. C. Olde, Remuera. Prvt. K. R. Rieper, Napier. Prvt. A. H. Waddick, Invercargill, i Biographical Notes. Lieut.-coioaei iu. vv. Anarew, V.C.. I was oorn at Asnnurst m 189«. I Lie saw active service witn the iLxpeunonary r orce (1914Idt, serving wr one year and eleven months in the ranns. as Corporal Ancirew ne won me Victoria cross at L.a xfasseviiie on July Ji, i9i(, tor conspicuous braver? in leading a party io me capture of an enem> macnine-gun post, rie was then 20 years oi age, anti the lollovving year lie was given a commission in me held. At the end oi tne war ne returned to Aew Zealand and was appointed a lieutenant in tne New Zealand Stall Corps, and served as adjutant ol the laianaKi Regiment, lie was promoted to captain in 1924, ana three years later was sent to mdia Jor two years service as a stall oilicer. Un his return ne was appointed adjutant of the Wellington Regiment. He was promotea to Major ana alter the outbreak oi the present war was appointed Olhcer commanding 22nd. (Wellington) Battalion. Lieut.-Colonel J. R. Page, D. 5.0., is the elder son of Mr. J. rage, sports master at the Southland High Sunooi, where he was educated. He was one oi the outstanding secondary school footballers ol his day, and was known as "Rusty,” a nickname which has stuck to him ever since. Prominent as a school cadet, he was chosen tor special training at Sandhurst. Military College, England. On his return to New Zealand he represented Wellington at Rugby, and played for the All Blacks in 1931, 1932, 1934, and 1835. With the Second N.Z.E.F. in the Middle East he commanded the 27th. (Canterbury) Battalion, and was severely wounded. He returned to New Zealand last month. Lieut-Colonei e. jd. Weir, D. 5.0., when holding the rank of sergeantmajor of a squadron of artillery in Wellington, was chosen by the Defence Department to receive technical training at the Royal Academy, Woolwich. On his return to the Dominion he was given a commission in the Royal New Zealand Artillery. He was educated at the Otago Boys’ High School and was a keen n.c.o. in the school cadets. At the outbreak of the present war he was appointed Commanding Officer 6th. Field Regiment and later succeeded Brigadier R. Miles as C.R.A. New Zealand Division when Brigadier Miles was reported missing. Lieut.-Colonel C. Shuttleworth. D. 5.0.. received his training with the •New Zealand Staff Corps, and last year was appointed to the command of the 24th. (Auckland) Battalion. LONDON, March 17.—Private mo- ‘ torists in Eire will receive no more petrol after May 1. Measures have been taken in Dublin to expand tho»‘ city’s fire-fighGng services.