DISTINGUISHED CONDUCT.

Taranaki Daily News, 28 July 1915, Page 7

DISTINGUISHED CONDUCT.

jroxon't iv'in'Eiv zmiuca-', Ancklaml. Last Xiyht. A letter h-.is b, en received by MiCli, I'. l.'e-i'V. I f Auckland. from tie Minister I'er IVl'ciice. advising liiin of the receipt in' a cablegram from Sir A cxander Cui'fly, slut ill" tliat t lie King lias ■onierred the Histingiiirhed (. 'o m! n ;"t Modal lijioii i'rivii'te W. J. Henry. Pri■'■ifr Henry is the eldc son ef Mr. (1. F. Henry, «nd is a manlier of the Field .iii/biuiiK<>. He was born in Tiinani. unit educated in (In is'tehnrcli. where he learned the printing trade. Private Henry came to Auckland about eiirlit years a<j>-o. and it was liere tbat lie (nullified in ambulant* duties. Recently, Private Henry returned to Wellington. where lie was employed as a jobbing compositor in the' (lovcnmient Printing O/fice-. He joined tlie Main r;xpetitionary Force in Wellington. Private Henry is 28 years old.

In ,a. letter recently received bv the Minister for Defence, General (ioilley stated that lie had reconrmended two ii'eniliers of the New Zealand Engineers for "most conspicuous gallantry" in blowing up a Turkish blockhouse'. The names of these two .men. Lance-Corporal F. J. 11. Fear and Sapper E. A. Hodges, wire included in the list cabled from London on July 14, but no 'na-rUcularx were then given regarding tlie circumstances in, which they gainc*. the distinction. .Lance-Corporal Fear i:s a son < l Mr. F.,r..AV. Fear. Wii-li, Street,' Wellington. Sniper Hodges is a son t»f Mrs. Elizabeth Hodges. <are of the Commissioner's Office, London, and he joined the Xew Zealand Contingent raised, in England. Advise lias also been reee'ved tliroush the «a.me ollicial clmnnels by Mrs. Tils--1"V, 101. ,T1 ouj-'on Street, Anckiaml. that the Distinguished C'omlu-t Medal lias keen awarded to 'Her son, Sergeant Robert Tilslcy, An. k'and Infantry Pitta lion. Serjeant Tilslev, who is '22 years old. wan W'i'k'ing as an electrical engireer in Kotorua when he jo'ned the ICxre 'itionarv Force. A casualty list, issued on July 1. reported .that lie hail been \\x .tnded and scut to Entfand.