WAR HONOURS

Camp News, Volume 2, Issue 71, 2 May 1941, Page 5

WAR HONOURS

N.Z. SOLDIERS AWARDS FOR GALLANTRY The Prime Minister (Mr. Fraser), has received advice from the High Commissioner for New Zealand *in London (Mr. W. J. Jordan) that the following awards have been made to members of. the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in recognition of distinguished service in the Middle East. Military Cross. Captain Alan Lionel Lomas. Captain Frederick Henry Muller. Distinguished Conduct Medal. Sergeant Richard Heywood Thomson. ■ Trooper Ronald Joseph Moore. / Military Medal. Sergeant Peter Gillespie Wilson. Driver George William Corp. Driver Norman Jack Pritchard. Captain A. L. Lomas was before his enlistment a medical practitioner on the staff of the New Plymouth Hospital. He is 25 years of age. His next-of-kin is his father, Mr. J. J. Lomas, New Plymouth. Captain F. H. Muller was previously employed as an engine-driver on the New Zealand Railways, being stationed at Frankton Junction. His age is 36, and his next-of-kin is his wife, Mrs. F. W. Muller, care Walter Street, Takapuna. Sergeant R. H. Thomson, was previously a school teacher employed by the Wellington Education Board. His next-of-kin is his mother, Mrs. P. H. Thomson, Piripaua, via Wairoa. Sergeant Thomson’s age is 29. Sergeant P. G. Wilson is an old boy of Te Aute College. He is 35 years of age and was previously employed as a motor mechanic in Napier. His next-of-kin is his wife, Mrs. F. L. Wilson, Morere, Hawke’s Bay.

Driver .N. J. Pritchard who is 24 years of age, was previously . a law clerk employed in Bulls. ' His next-of-kin is his father, Mr. N. S. Pritchard, Raumai Road, Bulls.

Driver G. W. Corp was before enlistment employed as a taxi-driver in Dargaville. He is 30 years of age. His next-of-kin is his mother, Mrs. A. J. Browne, Dargaville.

Trooper R. J. Moore, who is 25 years’of age, was born in Te Aroha. His next-of-kin is his mother, Mrs. Moore, Hautapu Street, Taihape. Before enlistment he was employed as a farm worker at Tauroa, Taihape.