FOR GALLANTRY

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 88, Issue 145, 19 June 1944, Page 3

FOR GALLANTRY

NEW ZEALANDERS DECORATED THREE FROM WANGANUI (P.A.) Wellington, Jun e 17. The King has approved the following awards to 2nd. N.Z.E.F. personnel in recognition of gallant, distinguished service in Italy, including three from Wanganui—LieutenantColonel H. Ellery Gilbert, who received the Distinguished Service Order, and Temp. Lance-Corporal G. E. Pritchard, whose fiancee is Miss F. Ryder, Wanganui, and Private lan K. Bertie, of Aramoho, who receive the Military Medal. BAR TO D.S.O. Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Michael McElroy, awarded the D.S.O. in September, 1942; Auckland. D.S.O. Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Leslie McGallin, Palmerston North. Lieutenant-Colonel Herbert Ellery Gilbert: father, Mr. E. G. Gilbert, Wanganui. Temp, - Lieutenant - Colonel Edwin Ernest Richards. Nelson. Major John Wilson Reynolds, Hamilton. Temp.-Major James Rutherford Williams, Christchurch. Temp.-Major Duncan Urquhart White, Timaru. MILITARY CROSS Temp.-Major Douglas Percy William Harvey, Blenheim. Temp.-Major Stamford Martin Hewitt, Dannevirke. Captain Alexander William Huntley Borrie, Dunedin. Captain Patrick John Brennan, Opunake. Captain Campbell Newman D'Arcy, Hamilton. Captain Peter Frederick Te Heuheu Ornberg (died of wounds), Paraparaumu. Temp.-Captain James Geoffrey Furness, Blenheim. Temp.-Captain Peter Wight de Bretherton Morgan, Christchurch. Temp.-Captain Frank Rowland Coe, Christchurch. Lieutenant Collier Cunningham Beswick, Oamaru. Lieutenant Hendry Bruce Hay, Christchurch. Lieutenant Thomas George Stratton Marrin, Hastings. Lieutenant Alfred John Voss (previouslywwiarded the D.C.M.), Tauranga. \ Second-Lieutenant Benj’amin Goddard Christy, Auckland. Second-Lieutenat George Austin O’Leary, Wellington. Second-Lieutenant David McCormick, Nelson. Rev. John Kollett Watson, chaplain to forces, Plimmerton. D.C.M. Temp.-Warrant Officer I Martin Te Taloahi McCrae, Wairoa. Sergeant George Kenneth Babe, Whangarei. Second-Lieutenant Joseph Whakekura Mataira (commissioned • since gaining the award), Porangahau. Sergeant Thomas William Tulloch, Wellington. Sergeant David Caldwell Welsh, Ohai. Lance-Sergeant Albert William Davis, Auckland. Lance-Sergeant Geoffrey George Mason, Waimamaku. .MILITARY MEDAL Temp.-Warrant Officer H. Bryan Knowles Bassett, Taura'nga. Sergeant Herbert Alfred • Helev. Waihi. J Sergeant Francis Paton Sanders, Queenstown. Lance-Sergeant Matthew AJphonsus Keppel, Timaru. Corporal Garth Rydffr, Nelson. Private William James Mclndoe, Dunedin. Lance-Corporal Nelson Reginald Mathers, Horotui. Private lan Kronast Bertie. Mother: Mrs. G. E. Bertie, Aramoho. Private Malcolm Herbert Taylor, Wainui. Trooper Leonard Patrick Gallagher, Wellington. Private Frederick Kirkham Jones, Christchurch. Private Aevin Patrick O'Sullivan, Christchurch. Private William Brighty Stockwell, Te Puke. Temp.-Warrant Officer 11. Desmond Patrick Corrigan, Christchurch. Temp.-Corporal Darcy Ivan McPherson, Takaka. Temp.-Sergeant Thomas George Sar - gent, Carterton. Temp.-Sergeant John Walter Churton, Wellington. Corporal Vincent Stanaway, Helensville. Corpora! Frederick Samuel Roland Tyson, Springston South. Private Ernest Harry Graves, Wellington. Private Dick Alex, Whangarei. Temp.-Lance-Corporal George Edwin Pritchard; fiancee, Miss E. Ryder, Wanganui. Private Andrew John Callanan, Balclutha. Private Reginald Andrew Hermon, Pahiatua. - Trooper Walter McCulloch, Ellerslie. Private Ernest Pomeroy, Collingwood, Nelson. Sergeant Frank Stanley Dacey, Wellington. Sergeant Leslie Graham Scott, Hamilton. Temp.-Sergeant Francis Mclntyre Milne, Christchurch. Private Frederick Herbert Anderson, Christchurch. Temp.-Corporal Thomas Samuel McNiece, Hastings. Privates James Whatham Barnard, New Plymouth. Temp.-Lance-Corporal Allan Alexander Wilson, Otautau. Private Francis John Foley, Kerrytown, via Timaru. Private Douglas Thomas Hislop, Nelson. Robert Ewan Miln (rank not stated), Te Kuili. Signalman Maurice Spring, Waitara.