Kearney Is King's Medal Winner

NZ Truth, Issue 1216, 21 March 1929, Page 16

Kearney Is King's Medal Winner

THE crackle of rifle fire at Trenthami Military Camp which, for three 1 days, turned the location into an area reminiscent of a battlefield, has ceased. But another King's medal winner has added his name to an already-growing list. .... ■ „ • m. The meeting was the seventh annual held under the auspices of the New Zealand Army Rifle Association, and, from every aspect was a huge success. ' , . . . The 562 competitors who took part were composed of the crack shots of. the. Dominion, and a high standard was set m both, the rifle and machine-gun sections. . The important match of the meeting was for the Kings medal, which is fired for by the hundred highest scorers m the Army championshipYvent. .... ,V '„ Firing With consistent accuracy, Staff Sergeant-Major J. H. Kearney, of the Permanent Staff, who is stationed at. Napier, carried the ■ day with 155 points out of a possible 200. Kearney was also, second m the Army Championship. .... „M \ _ Commissioned Gunner A. H. Pryce (N.Z. division, R.N.) was second * with 153 points, and Artificer E. W. Jepson (N.Z.A. Ordinance Corps), third with 150. .-.-.:'■■