BRAVE AIRMAN
DISTINGUISHED'FLYING MEDAL FOR NEW ZEALANDER
SKILL & COURAGE IN FACE OF ENEMY.
ATTACK ON NAVAL BASES.
By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright (Received This Day. 10.35 a.m.) LONDON. March 13.
Corporal C. B. G. Knight, the first, member of the Royal New Zealand Air Force decorated since the outbreak of war was awarded the Distinguished Flying Medal for skill, courage and coolness in face of the enemy under intense fire.
As a wireless operator, his maintenance of communications contributed to the success of the operation against the Schilling Roads and Frisian Islands on December 14., 1939.
The High Commissioner (Mr W. J. Jordan) is presenting the medal shortly. Corporal Knight was born in Picton.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 14 March 1940, Page 7
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