NEW ZEALAND AIRMEN WIN AWARDS
(PA.) WELLINGTON, August 15. ' Official advice has been received by Air Headquarters that a further 11 awards have been made to New Zealand air personnel serving overseas. They are: — DISTINGUISHED SERVICE ORDER Wing Commander Minden Vaughan Blake, D.F.C., R.A.F., Christchurch. DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS Flight Lieutenant Valentine Allport. R.N.Z.A.F.; mother, Mrs A. Allport, Nelson. Pilot Officer John Edwin Casey, R.N.Z.A.F.; mother, Mrs J. E. Casey, French Bay. Auckland. (Pilot Officer Casey lost his life in an aircraft accident). Pilot Officer Alfred William Gordon Cochrane, R.N.Z.A.F.; father, Mr W. M. Cochrane, Rawene. Flying Officer George Maxwell Davies, R.N.Z.A.F.; father, Mr S. W. Davies, Dunedin. Pilot Oficer Peter Stanley Duff, R.N.Z.A.F.; father, Mr A. S. Duff, Hamilton. Flying Officer David Stewart Gibb, R.N.Z.A.F.; mother, Mrs A. A. Gibb, Motunau. Squadron Leader Raymond John Newton, R.N.Z.A.F.; father, Mr J. K. Newton, Christchurch. Flight Lieutenant Robert Lawrence Spurdie, R.N.Z.A.F.; mother, Mrs F. M. Spurdie, Wanganui. Squadron Leader Keith Frederick Thiele, R.N.Z.A.F.; father, Mr F. C. Thiele, Christchurch.
DISTINGUISHED FLYING MEDAL Sergeant Kenneth Oscar Law, R.N.Z.A.F.; father, Mr A. J. Law, Cambridge.
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Southland Times, Issue 24824, 17 August 1942, Page 4
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181NEW ZEALAND AIRMEN WIN AWARDS Southland Times, Issue 24824, 17 August 1942, Page 4
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