BATTLE HONOURS

Wairarapa Times-Age, 29 September 1942, Page 2

BATTLE HONOURS

AWARDS TO NEW ZEALANDERS IN EGYPT. CAIRO, September 26. Sixteen immediate awards for gallantrv to New Zealanders for their part in the defence of Egypt were announced today, as follows: — Distinguished Service Order: Major John Nesbit Anderson; wife, Mrs C. F. Anderson, Auckland. Major Albert Ernest Lambourn; wife, Mrs E. I. Lambourn, Petone. Military Cross: Major Andrew Edgar Beyer; father, Mi- R. Beyer, Yarraville, Australia. Second-Lieutenant Robert Edgeworth Horrocks; mother, Mrs M. Horrocks, Parnell, Auckland. Lieutenant Leslie Edward McAneny; mother, Mrs E. McAneny, Wellington. Major Hugh Murray Reid; wife, Mrs W. J. Reid, Oamaru. Captain Ronald George Stevens; wife, Mrs A. M. Stevens, Island Bay, Wellington. Lieutenant Reginald Douglas Trounson; Mr V. Trounson, Maropiu, Dargaville (relationship not stated). Distinguished Conduct Medal: Corporal Ronald Francis Garmonsway; father, Mr F. Garmonsway, Bell’s Junction, R.D., Taihape. Military Medal: Sergeant Allan Ernest. Branks; wife, Mrs A. A. Blanks, Inveicaigill. Lance-Coipoial William John Clark; sister, Mrs R. M. Daniel, Waikanae Beach. Lance-Sergeant Stanley Conway; father, Mr H. Conway, Christchurch. Sergeant Andrew John Duckworth; father, Mr A. Duckworth, Te Puke. Corporal Alan Riddell Hedley; father, Mr- A. G. Hedley, Wairoa. Driver- Charles Frederick Robinson; wife, Mrs I. W. Robinson, Riccarton, Christchurch. Private James Henry Savage; mother, Mrs C. Hahn, Ahaura, West Coast.