R.N.Z.A.F. AWARDS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 89, Issue 162, 11 July 1945, Page 3

R.N.Z.A.F. AWARDS

SERVICE IN PACIFIC WANGANUI DISTRICT MEN Several Wanganui and district men are included in a list of operational awards made to R.N.Z.A.F. personnel for service in the South Pacific anti South West Pacific areas. Mentioned in despatches are FlightLieutenants Bruce Stafford Hay (Taihape), who has been reported missing, and Augustus Richard Loader (Taihape); also, Pilot-Officer Robert William Smith (Taihape), WarrantOfficers William Alfred Maxwell Hardy (Wanganui), and George Andrew Miller .Taihape), and FlightSergeant Francis Cecil Joseph Taunton (Wanganui). The full list of awards which have been approved by the King, was received last night by Press Association. Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (M.litary Division). Wing-Commander Alfred John Turner, Auckland; Acting SquadronLeader John Desmond Paterson, Auckland. Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (Military Division. Flying-Officer Victor Hjorring, Blenheim. Distinguished Flying Cross. Acting-Squadron-Leaders Paul Stanley Green, of Hamilton; Jack Selwyn Knobloch, Waipukurau; Robert Wilson McSkimming, Benhart. Flight-Lieutenants Edwin Leonard Avery, Hamilton; Douglas Walter Cocks. Wellington; Bruce Telford Drummond Masterton; Leslie Hood. Hamilton; Alister McDonald Stevenson, of Tuai; Victor William Hall Trayes, Auckland; Stewart Darcy Walker, Nelson. Flying-Officers Irvine Alexander Ralston Campbell. Dunedin; Harold Binnie Cassie, Wellington; Clifford John Garvie, Auckland; Robert Ainslie Harper, Dannevirke; James Joseph Oliver, Petone. Pilot-Officer lan Leslie Bary, Tauranga. British Empire Medal (Military Division). Acting-Corporal Peter Duncan Patton, Invercargill. Mention In Despatches. Squadron-Leader Kenneth William Barclay Anderson, New Plymouth. Acting - Squadron-Leaders John Crayley Blundell, Wellington (miss. Ing)*; Alexander Gardyne Stanley George, D.F.C., Auckland; Mervyn Charles Pryce Jones, Wellington; Clarence Robert Parker, New Plymouth; Albert Edward Pope, Blenheim. Flight-Lieutenants George William Annand Wellington; George Munro Bertram. Rotorua; Ronald George Bush. Auckland; David Thomas Clous, ton; Auckland James Thomas Coltman, Wellington; Geoffrey John Fox, Auckland; John Murray Fraser. Wellington; James Edwin Fullarton, Takapau; John McConachie Goddard, Auckland; Bruce Stafford Hay, Taihape (missing); Augustus Richard Loader. Taihape; Leslie Bertram Malpas. Tauranga; Edric James Medwin, Hamilton; Desmond Fenwick Neville, Christchurch; Richard John O’Dea, Hawera: John Tristram Peters Gisborne: John Peter Riddell, Christchurch; Guyon Moncrieff Robertson. Ashburton/Hugh Douglas Stewart, Auckland: Eric John Tresidder Invercargill: Arthur Frederick Tucker, Auckland; Douglas Alan Youngs, Auckland. Acting Flight-Lieutenants Alber*: George Anderson, Auckland: Jasper Ernest Lewis Baldwin, Wellington: Laurence Arthur Farnley (R.A.F. on loan), Christchurch: Donald Charles McGlashan, Timaru; Robert Alexander Martin, Tp Puke; Eric Alwyn Roussel! Wellington. Flying-Officers Archibald Curne Beazer, Wellington; William David Messent Bernett Christchurch; Thomas Arthur Burt, Wellington; John Mcßoberts Calder, Dunedin; Aruther George Glaydon, Christchurch; Harold Pattrick Crump, Dargaville; Leslie Hamilton Robbs. Matamata; Donald Ernest Hagenson, of Hastings; William Dudley Holmes, Whangarei; Ansell Clifford James, Middlemarch; Donald Wilson Kidd, Palmerston North; Albert William McClelland. Cheddar Valley, North Canterbury; Arthur Stewart Mills, Dunedin: Randal Frederick O'Keefe. Martinborough; Noel Alexander Pirle, Naper; Douglas Bertrand Skellon, Auckland; Ivo Clements Tisch. Christchurch; John Richard Wenden, Greytown. Pilot-Officers Nelson Ramsay Boyd. Manaia; Roy don Kensley Newcombe, Wellington; Eric Peter Short house. Auckland (missing, believed killed): Robert. William Smith. Taihape; Leonard Charles Strawbridge. Hangalik’’. Warrant-Officers William Alfred Maxwell Hardy, Wanganui; George Christopher Korte, Gisborne; George Andrew Miller, Taihape; Cyril John Shaw, Te Kawa. Flight-Sergeants George Wynyard Bertram Browne. To Awamutu; John Robert Granwal, Auckland; Benjamin David St. John, Nelson: Thomas Arthur Stephenson. Napier; Francis Cecil Joseph Taunton, Wanganui: Thomas Leslie Welsh, Christchurch. Acting-Flight-Sergeant Ernest Percival Herrick. Christchurch. Sergeants Glen Boyce Johnston. Auckland; Josiah Julian. Auckland; George Little Moultrie. Christchurch. Corporals Walter Sidney Hart nail, Christchurch; Frederick William Horries. Hastings: John Kenneth Longville. Auckland. Leading-Aircraftman Thomas Walter Niblett, Christchurch.