E. J. RAIN'S D.F.C.

Evening Post, Volume c, Issue 82, 3 October 1940, Page 9

E. J. RAIN'S D.F.C.

PRESENTATION TO MOTHER

(From "The Post's' Representative.) LONDON, September 9. With her daughter in Women's Auxiliary Air Force uniform standing by her side, Mrs. R. G. Kain, mother of the late Flying Officer E. J.

("Cobber") Kain, received her dead! son's Distinguished Flying" Cross from the King on September 4 at.a private audience in Buckingham Palace. The > Queen was not present. | The King stood talking with Mrs. \ Kain and Miss Judy Kain while he i held in his hands the case containing \ the medal. He told^ them of his sym- | pathy with them in their loss, and re- ! gretted that he had been unable to meet Flying Officer Kain. Mrs. Kain and her daughter drove back from the Palace in the High j Commissioner's car, which Mr. W. J. Jordan v lent to them, and they were ' met informally by a number of New Zealanders and their friends at the New .Zealand Forces'. Club. Among those present were the High Commissioner and Mrs. Jordan, and Miss MacDonald of the Isles. The medal was handed round and admired. Miss Kain, who is training! to be a radio operator with ': the W. A. A.F., and her mother met several j New. Zealand airmen who asked to be j introduced. j "I am so glad that I was able to , receive the medal from the King," Mrs. Kain said. "He was so nice— and he .• looked so young." ■ ■ \