BRAVERY AWARD.
I HAWKFS BAY AIRMAN. i FIVE FROM ONE FAMILY. HASTINGS, Monday. The: Distinguished Flying Cross has been awarded to a Hawke's Bay airman with the Royal Air Force, Pilot-Officer Michael James Herrick, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Herriek, Lindisfarne, Pakowhai Koad, Hastings. Five Herrick brothers are with the Air Force or the Navy. Pilot-Officer Herrick, who is 19 years of age, is the youngest son. He spent four years at the Wanganui Collegiate Schooi, and in April last year he joined the Royal Air Force, going to the Cranwell Flying School in England for training. When the war came he was well advanced in his training and eventually went into active service. Lieutenant T. D. Herrick, the second son of Mr. and Mrs. Herrick, is on active service with the Royal Navy in the Mediterranean. There is another eon. Pilot-Officer B. H. Herrick, with the Royal Air Force. D. T. Herrick is with the Royal New Zealand Air Force, being stationed at Wigram. He has just completed his training and has been given his wings. Sub-Lieutenant L. E. Herrick is serving in a submarine in the Royal Navy.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 221, 17 September 1940, Page 9
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192BRAVERY AWARD. Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 221, 17 September 1940, Page 9
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