MAGNIFICENT WORK
NEW ZEALAND ARMY SERVICE CORPS. PRESENTATION OF AWARDS. (Official War Correspondent N.Z.E.F.) BEIRUT, May 3. Awards won in three campaigns were today presented by Major-Gen-eral Freyberg at the first ceremonial parade and church service of the war attended by all the N.Z.A.S-C. units in Syria, 51 officers and 1512 men. “The war will be won by transport, General Freyberg said. "You have done magnificent work in four campaigns already.” The awards were as follows:— For Libya, 1940: Sergeant N. J. Pritchard, M.M. For Crete: Captain R. E. Rawle, M.C.; Sergeant M. K. Gibbs, M.M. For Libya, 1941: Second Lieutenant A. B. Cottrell, M.C.; Sergeant R. G. Aro, M.M.; Driver A. H. Waddick, M.M.
Clad in shirts and shorts, with brown arms and faces, the men marched past in column of platoons. General Freyberg congratulated the men on their bearing and steadiness. Last year, he said, had not been easy, “but with the confidence we have gained, we can face the future knowing our capabilities and the Germans’ weaknesses.” On behalf of the division, he expressed thanks for their faithful work during two years.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 7 May 1942, Page 2
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