Auckland Star, 17 June 1944 WON IN ITALY MILITARY AWARDS N.Z. MEN DECORATED (p.A.) WELLINGTON, this day. The King has approved the following awards to Second N.Z.E.F. personnel in recognition of gallant and distinguished service in Italy:— Bar to D.S.O. — Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Michael McElroy (awarded D.S.0., September, 1942), Auckland. D.S.O. — Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Leslie McGaffin, Palmerston North; Lieutenant-Colonel Herbert Ellery Gilbert, Wanganui; Temporary-Lieutenant-Colonel Edwin Ernest Richards, Nelson; Major John Wilson Reynolds, Hamilton; Temporary- Major James Rutherford Williams, Christchurch; Temporary-Major Duncan Urquhart White, Timaru. Military Cross.— Temporary-Major Douglas Percy William Harvey, Blenheim; Temporary-Major Stamford Martin Hewitt, Dannevirke; Captain Alexander William Huntley Borrie, Dunedin; Captain Patrick John Brennan, Opunake; Captain Campbell Newman DArcy, Hamilton; Captain Peter Frederick Te Heuheu Ornberg (died of wounds), Paraparaumu; Temporary Captain James Geoffrey Furness, Blenheim; Temporary-Captain Peter Wight de Bretherton Morgan, Christchurch; Temporary-Captain Frank Rowland Coe, Christchurch; Lieutenant Collier Cunningham Beswick, Oamaru; Lieutenant Hendry Bruce Hay, Christchurch; Lieutenant Thomas George Stratton Morrin, Hastings; Lieutenant Alfred John Voss (previously awarded D.C.M.), Tauranga; Second-Lieutenant Benjamin Goddard Christy, Auckland; Second- Lieutenant James Michael Hennessy, Waimate; Second-Lieutenant George Austin OLeary, Wellington; Second- Lieutenant David McCormick, Nelson; Rev. John Kollett Watson, Chaplain to Forces, Plimmerton. Distinguished Conduct Medal.— Temporary Warrant-Officer (Class I.) Martin Te Takahi McCrae, Wairoa; Sergeant George Kenneth Babe, Whangarei; Second-Lieutenant Joseph Whakekura Mataira (commissioned since gaining award), Porangahau; Sergeant Thomas William Tulloch, Wellington; Sergeant David Caldwell Welsh, Ohai; Lance- Sergeant Lewis Albert William Davis, Auckland; Lance-Sergeant Geoffrey George Mason, Waimamaku. Military Medal.— Temporary Warrant-Officer (Class II.) Bryan Knowles Bassett, Tauranga; Sergeant Herbert Alfred Heley, Waihi; Sergeant Francis Paton Sanders, Queenstown; Lance-Sergeant Matthew Alphonsus Keppel, Timaru; Corporal Garth Ryder, Nelson; Private William James Mclndoe, Dunedin; Lance- Corporal Nelson Reginald Mathers, Horotiu Private lan Kronast Bertie, Aramoho; Private Malcolm Herbert Taylor, Wainui; Trooper Leonard Patrick Gallagher, Wellington; Private Frederick Kirkham Jones, Christchurch; Private Kevin Patrick OSullivan, Christchurch; Private William Brighty Stockwell, Te Puke; Temporary Warrant-Officer II.) Desmond Patrick Corrigan, Christchurch; Temporary Corporal Darcy Ivan McPherson, Takaka: Temporary Sergeant Thomas George Sargent, Carterton; Temporary Sergeant John Walter Churton, Wellington; Corporal Vincent Stanaway, Helensville; Corporal Frederick Samuel Roland Tyson, Springston South; Private Ernest Harry Graves. Wellington; Private Dick Alex, Whangarei; Temporary Lance-Corporal George Edwin Pritchard, Wanganui; Private Andrew John Callanan, Balclutha; Private Reginald Andrew Hermon, Pahiatua; Trooper Walter McCulloch, Ellerslie. Private Ernest Pomeroy, Nelson; Sergeant Frank Stanley Dacey, Wellington; Sergeant Leslie Graham Scott, Hamilton; Temporary Sergeant Francis Mclntyre Milne, Christchurch; Private Frederick Herbert Anderson, Christchurch; Temporary Corporal Thomas Samuel McNiece, Hastings; Private James Whatman Barnard, New Plymouth; Temporary 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 Kuiti; Signalman Maurice Spring, Waitara.
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