NEW ZEALAND AIRMEN

Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 223, 17 June 1944, Page 8

NEW ZEALAND AIRMEN

Mentioned In Dispatches For meritorious service in various theatres of war, 30 New Zealand airmen have been mentioned in dispatches, according to advice the Air' Department, Wellington, has received from London. The names are: — Flying officer Harold D. Holtom. Mr. F. 11. Holtom, Packakariki (f). Flying Officer lionaid M. Grant (killed in flying accident). Mr. and Mrs. E. Grant, 48 Connaught Tee., Brooklyn. Flying Officer James McL. Pearson. Mr. J. Pearson, High St., Greymouth (f). Flyin" Officer Graham A. Bice. Mrs. A. Bice. One Tree Hill, Auckland (in) Flight sergeant Sydney J. Salt. Mrs. E. Salt, York St., Belfast (in). Pilot Officer Douglas E. McKenzie. Mrs. E. H. McKenzie, Kopuaranga, near Masterton (m). / Acting Flight Lieutenant Ivan G. E. McPhail Mr. D. IV. McPhail, Abbotsford, Dunedin (f). Acting Blight Lieutenant David C. Stewart (missing on air operations). Mr. D. W. Stewart, Mornington, Dunedin (f). Flying Officer Porokoru Parapu (John) Pohe (death officially presumed). Mr. V/. 11. Pohe, Taihape (t). Flight Lieutenant Arnold G. Christensen (death officially presumed). Mr. A. Christensen. Hastings (f). Flight Lieutenant Wilfred 11. Gellatly. Mr. T. W. Gellatly, Motueka, Nelson (f) Flying Officer Albert Prcnter. Mre. A. A. Prenter, I’onsonby, Auckland (m) Flight Lieutenant lan H. Hanlon, Wellington. Section Officer D. E. W. Hanlon, R.A.F., of Worcestershire (w). Flying Officer Neville D. Freeman. Mrs. M. J. Freeman, Reffiuera, Auckland (in) Flying Officer Walter F. Morice. Mrs. M. Morice. Walroa (m) Flight Lieutenant Allan n. Smith. Mr. A. W. Smith, St. Hellers, Auckland (f). Flying Officer Roy R. G. Fisher. Mr. R. Fisher, Pukerimu, Cambridge (f). Flying Officer Leslie S. Mc(). ’White. Mrs. J. E. White, Gore (m). Flying officer Leighton J. Montgomerie. Mrs. J. E. Montgomerie, Sentry Hill (in) Acting Flight Lieutenant F. C. Fox. Mrs. B. L. Fox. Charles St., Napier (m). Wing Commander G. B. Mac Gibbon, R.A.F., formerly of Hawera. Acting Squadron Leader W. J. Jordan, R.A.F., formerly of Wanganui. Flight Lieutenant William C. K. Render. Mr. A. Bonder, Epsom, Auckland (f.‘.

Flying Officer Donald W. Thomson, D.F.C. Mr. J. A. Thomson, Te Kuiti (fl. Acting Squadron Leader Brian M. Gilmour, D.F.C. (missing on air operations). Mr. K. S Gilmour, Greenlaue, Auckland (f). Acting Wing Commander Richard Webb, D.F.C., formerly of -Levin, Mrs. F. M. Webb, Opotiki (w) Flight Sergeant Albert H. Sowerby, Mr. W. Sowerby, Johnsonville (f) Acting Squadron Leader Cyril K. SHcock, D.F.C. and bar, formerly of Nelson. Mrs. S. Silcock, formerlj’ of Mount Albert. Auckland, and now in United Kingdom (w). f

Acting Squadron Leader Roy 0. Calvert. D.F.C. and bar. Mr. G'. Calvert, Cambridge (f>.

Acting Wing Commander D. W. S. Clark, D.F.C., R.A.F. Mr. I). K. Clark, Kohimaraina, Auckland (f).