RSA GOLD MEDAL AWARDED TO OHAKUNE MAN
Reginald Norman 'Curly' Jenkins, of Ohakune, received one of the New Zealand Returned Services Association's most prestigious awards when he was presented with the Gold Star by Dominion President of the R.S.A. Mr W. D. Leuchars at the Ohakune Club on Saturday 19 November. Mr Jenkins, know locally as Curly — "because that's the way my hair was when I was younger" — is now 71 years of age and has been a member of the R.S.A. for the past 38 years, since he returned from war service at the end of WWII. He is one of only 10 R.S.A. members in New
Zealand to receive the Gold Star award this year. and is only one of two in Ohakune to have a Gold Star ... the Other is Cec Allerby. The award is made not only fot work done within the association but also for service to the community. Curly's first post-war appointment was as manager of Ohakune's Sunbeam Club in 1945, a position he held for three years. He then joined the Post Office and worked as a linesman for the next 27 years until he retired at the age of 65. In 1980 he received a special certificate of honour for his services to the R.S.A.
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Waimarino Bulletin, Volume 1, Issue 26, 29 November 1983, Page 1
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