DEEDS THAT WON THE D.C.M.

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2718, 13 March 1916, Page 6

DEEDS THAT WON THE D.C.M.

NEW ZEALANDERS' RECORDS ! By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Hoc. March 13, 1.25 a.m.) London, March 12. Deeds for which Distinguished Conduce Medals have been granted, as cabled on January 13, are gazetted, ilie New Zealandei's 1 deeds are as follow :— Sergt.-Major Boate and Sergt. F. : Mitchell, for great bravery and resource ill holding the right flank at a weak point, requiring great vigilanco. | Sergt.-Major llicketts, for great i bravely and resource, setting a fine example. < Sergt. J. Campbell and Sergt. L. S. Graham, for great bravery and resource, marked with devotion to duty. Sergt. 11. G. Harper, for conspicuous gallantry whilo in charge of mach-ine-guns. Sergt. Tavcnder, for great bravery on'd skill as a guide, and marked devotion to dangerous duties. Corpl. F. AVatson, for conspicuous gallantry in twice crossing a heavily fire-swept- zone, and_ carrying ammunition, also bringing in a wounded man under heavy fire. Corpl. Spencer, for great bravery and [ skill in repairing a trench, and leading his men, under heavy fire. Trooper L. Armstrong, for conspicuous' gallantry while in charge of machine-guns. Trooper Winter; for conspicuous gallantry in rescuing on two occasions wounded men and carrying them on liis back to the dressing station. Private Parganilii, for conspicuous gallantryduring an attack. Although unarmed he seized an armed Turk and compelled him to surrender. Sapper Dignan, for conspicuous gallantry in laying a telephone in daylight, under heavy fire, and later, when tlie lino was broken, earned an important dispatch wider heavy Rts. WAR CASUALTIES OF NON-COMBATANTS Br Telegraph—Prose Association-Copyright London, March 10. The Prime Minister (Mr. Asquitli), in reply to a question in the House, said that during the war the number of noncombatants killed by bombardment was 49 men, 39 women, and 39 children; by air raids 127 men, 92 women, and 57 children. The number of persons drowned on board merchantmen and fishing vessels totalled approximately 2750. \ ' GERMAN CASUALTIES THE AGGREGATE IN EUROPE By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Rec. March 11, 6.15 p.m.) London, March 10. German casualty lists for February sliow: Dead,-10.211; wounded, 21,625; prisoners and missing, 3362. The aggregate casualties since the war began, exclusive of naval and colonial casualties, is 2,667,372. JAPAN AND AMERICA RELATIONS NEVER BETTER By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Toklo, March 10. Baron Isliiki, Minister of Home Affairs, speaking at a banquet attended by the Premier and the American Ambassador, said the relations between America and Japan were never bettor than, nor so good as, they were to-day. A certain European Power had thought to bring the two nations into conflict, but with the elimination of this sort of intrigue, their relations would yearly grow more ideal and more cordial.