FIRST MAN OF 2ND N.Z.E.F. TO BE DECORATED
Sergeant-Major 11. R. Ileiford, a former resident of Napier and recently of Gisborne, has gained the distinction of being the first member of the Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force Overseas to be decorated. The presentation was made by the- Officer in Com mand when the battalion was on parade in Cairo, the award being a bar for his Efficiency Medal earned through his completion of 18 years' service with the Hawke's Bay Regiment. Sergeant-Major Ileiford was a memher of the New Zealand contingent which represented the Dominion at the Coronation of King George-VI.
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Camp News, Volume 1, Issue 23, 17 May 1940, Page 3
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