BRAVERY REWARDED

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 95, 16 January 1919, Page 5

BRAVERY REWARDED

HONOURS FOR NEW ZBALANDERS NEW LIST OF DECORATIONS _ Base Records Wis issued the following list of honours and awards which have been conferred on New Zealanders on active service:— 12/2602 Capt. Wynne Peyton, Gray, M.C, Bar to M.G.; next-of-lsm, Mrs. M. C. Gray, c/o Mrs. Laughlin, Dilworth Rd.., Remuera, Auckland. 12/2923 Lieut. Angus William Gordon, M.C, Bar to M.C; next-of-kin, Mrs. ■ A. Gordon (m ! .), 1 Woodside Rd >> Mt. Eden, Auckland. . ' ' ' 10/926. Lieut. Thomas Henry Crawford, M.C.,;- next-of-kin, Mr. Johnson Crawford (f.), Mahora, Hastings. 25,995 Lieut. William' Kemp Fowler, M.C; next-of-kin, Mr. W. S. Fowler (f:), Three Kings Road, Auckland. 32,783 Lieut. Eric James ■'Anderson,

M.C.; next-of-kiii, Mr. James Anderson (£),- Dunediu.' • V. 6/1134 Lieut. Raymond; Curtis, M.C.; next-of-kini Mrs. Annie Curtis, Peel -•Street, Cobden, Greymouth. ■'.■ H'2so 2nd Lieut. William Henry ■ Ebhitt, M.C; next-of-kin, Mr. G. Ebbrfct (f.), Hastings/. ■' 11/1617 2nd Lieut. Henry Clyde Nolan, M.C; riext-of-kin, Mr. James Wray Nolan (f.), solicitor,'"Gisborne. " 8/2723 Pte. William George ; Lane, M.M.; • next-of-kin, Mrs. Ellen Lane (m.), 5 Hill Street, Dunedin. 8/2723 Dvr. ; Thomas Irving Scott,

M.M.; next-of-kin, Mr. TV. A. Scott (f.), 54 Heriot Row, JJunedin.

54,843 Dvr. Stanley Huia Cottingham, M.M.; next-of-kin, Mrs.;M. A. Cottingham (m.), 37 Church Street, Ponsonbyj ■•' ' 12/2983 Pte. Robert William Coppell, M.M.; next-of-kin, Mr. •R. Coppell (b.), 104 Franklin Road, Ponsonby. 32,822 Cpl. Robert Cowie.-M.M.; next-of-kin, Mrs.M, Cowie (m.),- Berwick, ■Otago. • ; ■ ,'■■■-. . 30,742 Pte; John Ralph'Bartle, M.M.; ' nextrof-kin; Mrs. G.'-Bartle ! (wi)i ; -T6ia Street. Marton. ■ ' . .-.:".. .: ~■

14/478 Pte. William i Edward Preston, M.M.; next-of-kin;' Mrs. S~. "Preston '■ (m.), 139 Crewton Road, Auckland. 21;209 Pte. Thomas William Chitty,

M.M.; . next-of-kiiv, Mrn. : D. L. Chitty,(w.),, 36 Church Roacl;,,;Guild- '■ ford, Surrey; Mr. Jesse Chitty(f.),

' Papatoetoe, Auckland. .' ■ . ;■■. 59,856 Pte. Clarence Alexander Black, M.M.: next-of-kin, Mrs. John Black

(m.), Kati Katf,'- Bay. of Plenty. 60,180 Pte. Herbert- Reckitts -Neal, . M'.M.: noxt-of-kin, Mrs. E. Ferrant ' (a;),- Hopetbwm Street, ■ Ponsonby. 11,502 L.-Cpl. Frederick Henry,, Moody, . M.M.: next-of-kin. Mr. Francis

Moody,(f.), KihiKihi. , ' , 12/2268 Pte. , Edward' James Dean, ' M.M.; next-of-kin, Mr. T. Dean,(f.), Hauraki Street, Birkenheatl, Auckland. ''•:"■• . • :'.:' ;'.' '■■',:'.'■ 29,505 Lce.-Corpl. Walter Sheen, M.M. : ; next-of-kin, Mrs. ,E., Sheen , (ni.),

Railton, Tasmania; F.\ Thompson (friend), Herepehi, Thames.' ' ■:., : 38.664 Pte. , Hector ' Roy ~'Cochrari,

Mil,; Nexkof-kin, Mr. E. Cochran (f.), Mozley Avenue,. Deyonport,

Auckland. , '.',' 33,508 Corpl. John Arthur Beacbck, MM.; next-of-kin, Mr. Henry Bea- . cock (f.), Glenfield, P. 0., Auckland. 25/220 Sgt.. Ernest.lvor Nilsson, -M.M.y net-of-kin, Mr. J. , Nilsson corner Eaton and Brunswick Road, Hast-

mgs. ~.v i : : ■■•..■ . 30,375 Pte.. Walter' James . Haldane,

M.M.,; riext-of-kin, Mrs. A. Haldane (m.),- Pendarves Street,. New Ply-

mouth.. ' ■''~ . : '■""." 10/605 Cpl. de Lacy Arthur, Mowbray Wilson, M.M.; next-of-kin, Mr. A. F. Wilson (f.), c/o .Fields Inspector,

Ohakune. . ..' ■ ' v ,' 23,784 Pte. Allen Draper Anderson, ;' M.M.;, next-pf-kin, Mr. James T. ' > Anderson (f.)', ! '2:Newt6n Road , ;' Auckland.' ' '. . i'■ "". ■'"'•'■' : ' ''■:■■[ ■■; 10/575 Lce.-Cpl. Alfred Hall, M.M.; next-of-kin, Mr'. Fred Hall, P. 0., . Hastings. / , 11,840 Cpl. Robert Charteris, M.M.'; next-of-kin, Mr.. Castles .1 (cousin), . Ormondville. .. .■ .. "'. .:.' ' 29,458 Cpl. Thomas Henry ■ Nicholls, M.M.;. hext-of-kin,/ Mrs,' I; M. Nicholls (w.), Armadale 'Road, Remu- > era; -: ■ ■ ■ '■"' : ■ •■■-- '•■■'.

10/1318 2nd Lieut. .Sydney Stephen Pennefather, D.C.M:,; , next-of-kin, Mr'.-'-G. B. Pennefather (f.),: Denlair, Fordell, Wanganui. '■■-.■• 8/2369 2nd. Lieut. George HnmeSeddbn, 'M.C-; next-of-kini Miss Seddon ts , .)- Stoney Gate, King's View Road, ••-■ Mt. Eden; Auckland. -V-"". -'." '- :. '. 10/5000 R.S.M: (W. 0.) Daniel Davis, D.C.M.; next-of-km, Mr, D. Davis, 4. Jiibilee Terrace, .Yale, Gloucester--1 shire'. .. ' . . .. :

14,651 Lce.-Cpl. William John Lewis, M.M.-, D.C.M.; next-of-kiri, Mrs. M. J. JJzze,ll (s.), c/q G.P.0., Rangataua. 30,408 Pte. William Sheriff, D.0.M., next-of-kin; Mrs.: J:< Shaw (s.), Bac-onsfield-Road,. Stratford. 3/1062 Q.M.S. Adolph Duncan M'Len..nan,'M.M., Bar to M.M.'-;' "next-of-kin, Mrs. J. Strachan, Duke Street, . Mosgiel.' :■■;■■ •."'.- 12/2790 Sgt;. Archie.Henry.Muir,. M.M.; ■Bar to -M.'M-.-j next-of-kin,',Mrs.' E.' Muir(m.),. Pleasant Point, Timaru. : 11/739 Sgt. Wallace Bowie, M.M. ; next-of-kin, Mr. William Bowie (f.), Teniuka. '•■■'. : • ' . 3/4238 Pte. James Carson, M.M.; next- . ot-\iri, Mrs. A.., Carson (m.), P.O;, Blackball, via Greymouth. ' 6/3614 Pte. James Henry Tyson, M.M.; . next-of-kin, Mrs. H. Tyson, 110 Hobson Street, Auckland. ..., .-.-

■ Private A. Ware, of Leytonatone, recently discharged from I 'the Essex Regiment, probably holds a record for the number of- wounds received in action. Altogether he received 130 woiinds, and after considerable time in hospital was 'discharged with about 100 pieces of shr.\pnel in his body. : ' • •-/:." ;

■A'snail studmihas , ascertained-that it takes the little creature fourteen days to travel a mile. ■

George-1 was for some time one of the churchwardens of St. Martins-in-the-Fields, London. • "" '■■■■; In the three years of war 933 Scandinavian ships have been torpedoed or mined, and 500 sailors killed.

Olive oil ia the greatest body fattener; it is also excellent for the complexion, and a valuable aid to digestion. r The fishermen of Deal recently took from tho sea three barrels of wine, each containing sixty gallons. The fattest form of food is nuts; al- , roonds contain : more than half their weight in easily digestible fat. '

America has 20,000,000 men of military age, and' every year more than 1,000,000 youths reach the ago of twenty-one.

London's 22,000 ; policemen guard more than 4000 miles of streets and roads, and at least 1,125,00 houses.and Shops.. ■.:■••' • \ ■

The British mercantile marine proudly claim that of the. first 1,000,000 men sent from the United States to Europe 600,000 were carried in British vessels.

A sow belonging to a farmer on Lord Lathom's estate, neaj Ormskirk, Lancashire, recently fjaye birthto a litter of twenty-three pigs, all alive.

John Wnrd, a negro, of Goldsborough, North Carolina, has thirteen o! his eighteen sons in tho 9th and 10th United States Cavalry, while his seventeen daughters are engaged"on war work.

The silver war badge is to be given to officers and seamen of merchant ships who through wounds or illness attributable to war service are com> pelled to give up their employment in the mercantile 'marine*