GALLANTRY IN MIDDLE EAST
AWARDS TO N.Z. SOLDIERS CHRISTCHURCH SERGEANT WINS MILITARY MEDAL (P.A.) WELLINGTON, June 13. The Prime Minister (the Rt. Hon. P. Fraser) has been advised that the King has approved the following immediate awards for gallantry to members of the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force serving in the Middle East:— DISTINGUISHED CONDUCT MEDAL Lance-Sergeant H. Manahi, Maori Battalion. Wife, Mrs A. Manahi, Ohinemutu. Rotorua. Lance-Sergeant Manahi is 26 years of age. He went overseas with the Maori Battalion in 1940 and has boon on continuous war service over since. He was wounded in May, 1041. but remained with his unit. EAR TO MILITARY MEDAL Signalman G. J. Niisen. Father, Mr C. H. Nilsen. Nelson, Signalman Nilsen went overseas with the 3rd Echelon and was awarded the Military Medal in November, 1041. He is 24. MILITARY MEDAL Sergeant W. R. Brown. Mother, Mrs E. Brown, Christchurch. Sergeant Brown is 23. He went overseas with an early reinforcement draft. Corporal A. G. Davies. Mother, Mrs S. Davies. Coromandel. Corporal Davies is 23. He left New Zealand with the 3rd Echelon.
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Press, Volume LXXIX, Issue 23973, 14 June 1943, Page 4
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