MILITARY AWARDS

Waikato Times, Volume 194, Issue 22377, 17 June 1944, Page 4

MILITARY AWARDS

SERVICE IN ITALY HAMILTON MAN WINS D.S.Q.* (By Telegraph.—Press Association) WELLINGTON, Saturday The King has approved the following awards to Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force personnel in recognition of gallant and distinguished service in Italy:—

Bar to Distinguished Service Order Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Michael McElroy (awarded D.S.O. September, 1942) —Mrs E G. M. McElroy, Auckland (w.). Distinguished Service Order

Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Leslie McGaffin—Mrs L McGaffin, Palmerston North (w.). Lieutenant-Colonel Herbert Ellery Gilbert—Mr E. G. Gilbert, Wanganui (f.).

Temporary - Lieutenant - Colonel Edwin Ernest Richards—Mrs R. V. Ricards, Nelson (w.). Major John Wilson Reynolds—Mr T. G. Reynolds, Hamilton (f.). Temporary-Major James Rutherford Williams—Mrs J. M. Williams Christchurch (w.).

Temporary-Major Dunck Urquhart White—Mr D. White, Timaru (£.).'

Military Cross Temporary-Major Douglas Percy William Harvey, wife Mrs P. S. Harvey, Blenheim; Temporary-Major Stamford Martin Hewitt, mother Mrs E. Hewitt, Dannevirke; Captain Alexander William Huntley Borrie, father Dr. W. H. Borrie, Dunedin; Captain Patrick John Brennan, father Mr A J. Brennan, Opunake; Captain Campbell Newman D’Arcy, mother Mrs E G. Smith, Hamilton; Captain Peter Frederick Te Heuheu Omberg (died of wounds), mother Mrs A. T. Omberg, Paraparaumu; TemporaryCaptain James Geoffrey Furness, wife Mrs M. O. Furness, Blenheim; Tem-orpary-Captain Peter Wight de Bretherton Morgan, mother Mrs MC. Morgan, Christchurch. Temporary-Captain Frank Rowland Coe, mother Mrs A. M. Coe, Christchurch; Lieutenant Collier Cunningham Beswick, father Mr E. C. Beswick, Oamaru; Lieutenant Hendry Bruce Hay, wife Mrs K. C. Hay, Christchurch; Lieutenant Thomas George Stratton Morrin, father Mr T. V. Morrin, Hastings; Lieutenant Alfred John Voss (previously awarded D.C.M.), wife Mrs E A. Voss, Tauranga; Second-Lieu-tenant Benjamin Goddard Christy, wife Mrs A. M. Christy, Auckland; Second-Lieutenant James Michael Hennessy, wife Mrs R. C. Hennessy, Waimate; Second-Lieutenant George Austin O’Leary, wife Mrs J. R. O’Leary, Wellington; Second-Lieu-tenant David McCormick, wife Mrs W. V. McCormick, Nelson; Rev. John Kollett Watson, chaplain to the forces, mother Mrs J. R. Watson, Plimmerton. Distinguished Conduct Medal

Temporary-Warrant-Officer Classone Martin Te Takahl McCrae, father, Mr P. McCrae, W’airoa; Sergeant George Kenneth Babe, mother, Mrs A. Babe, Whangarei; SecondLieutenant Joseph Whakekur Mataira (commissioned since gaining award), wife, Mrs K. T. Mataira, of Porangahau; Sergeant Thomas William Tulloch, wife, Mrs P. M. Tulloch, Wellington; Sergeant David Caldwell Welsh, wife, Mrs M. E Welsh, Ohai; Lance-Sergeant Lewis Albert William Davis, wife, Mrs G. M. Davis, Auckland; Lance-Sergeant Geoffrey George Mason, mother, Mrs L. Mason, Waimamaku. Military Medal

Temporary-Warrant-Officer (C.II) Bryan Knowles Bassett, wife, Mrs C. L. Bassett, Tauranga; Sergeant Herbert Alfred Heiey, mother, Mrs I. Heley, Waihi; Sergeant Francis Paton Sanders, mother, Mrs K. A. Sanders, Queenstown; Lance-Sergeant Matthew Alphonsus Keppel, father, Mr J. J. Keppel, Timaru; Corporal Garth Ryder, mother, Mrs L. D. Francois, Nelson; Private William James McIndoe, wife, Mrs C. B. Mclndoe, Dunedin.

Lance-Corporal Nelson Reginald Mathers, sister, Mrs E. R. Campbell, Horotiu; Private lan Kronast Bertie, mother, Mrs G. E. Bertie, Aramohi; Private Malcolm Herbert Taylor, mother, Mrs F. Taylor, Wainui; Trooper Leonard Patrick Gallagher, mother, Mrs A. J. Gallagher, Wellington; Private Frederick Kirkham Jones, wife, Mrs L. M. Jones, Christchurch; Private Kevin Patrick O’Sullivan, mother, Mrs M. C. O’Sullivan, Christchurch; Private William Brighty Stockwell, wife, Mrs P. M. Stockwell, Tapuke; Temporary-War-rant-Officer (II), Desmond Patrick Corrigan, mother, Mrs J. C. Corrigan, Christchurch.

Temporary-Corporal D’Arcy Ivan McPherson, father, Mr W. McPherson, Takaka; Temporary-Sergeant Thomas George Sargent, wife, Mrs E. M. Sargent, Carterton; Temporary-Sergeant John Walter Churton, wife, Mrs F. K. Churton, Wellington; Corporal Vincent Stanaway, motner, Mrs E. N. Stanaway; Helensville; Corporal Frederick Samuel Roland Tyson, sister, Miss Hope Tyson, Springston South.

Private Ernest Harry Graves, mother, Mrs V. C. McPherson, Wellington; Private Dick Alex, Mrs R. W. Alex (relationship not stated), Whangarei; Temporary-Lance-Cor-poral George Edwin Pritchard, fiancee, Miss E. Ryder, Wanganui; Private Andrew John Callanan, mother, Mrs C. M. Callanan, Balclutha; Private Reginald Andrew Hermon, Mrs M. Bengstone (relationship not stated), Pahiatua; Trooper Walter McCulloch, wife, Mrs K M McCulloch, Ellerslie; Private Ernest Pomeroy, father, Mr R. J. Pomeroy, Collingwood,' Nelson; Sergeant Frank Stanley Dacey, mother, Mrs K. Dacey, Wellington.

Sergeant Leslie Graham Scott* mother, Mrs G. L. Scott, Hamilton; Temporary-Sergeant Francis Mclntyre Milne, mother, Mrs K. Milne, Christchurch; Private Frederick Herbert Anderson, father. Mr C. E. Anderson, Christchurch; TemporaryCorporal Thomas Samuel McNiece, mother, Mrs M. McNiece, Hastings: Private James Whatman Barnard, mother, Mrs R. Barnard, New Plvmonth; Temporary Lance-Corporal Allan Alexander Wilson, wife, IVJrs C. Wilson, Otautau.

Private Francis John Foley, mother. Mrs A. E. Foley, Kerrvtown via Timaru; Private Douglas Thomas Hislop, father, Mr T. Hislop, Nelson; Robert Ewan Milne (rank not stated), father, Mr R. Miln. Te Kuiti; Signalman Maurice Spring, wife, Mrs V. G. Spring, Waitara.

Major J. W. Reynolds, who has been awarded the D. 5.0., is the son of Mr and Mrs T. G. Reynolds, of Union Street, Claudelands. He arrived back in New Zealand this week on furlough, after four years’ service in the Middle East. Leaving as a second-lieutenant with the Third Echelon, Major Reynolds saw action in Greece and was subsequently wounded during the famous El Alamein break-through. Later he returned to the Division as G. 3 and participated in the Axis capitulation in Tunisia. He then attended the senior staff school at Haifa, subsekently rejoining the 24th Battalion at Cassino,