AWARDS FOR GALLANTRY

Wairarapa Times-Age, 23 March 1943, Page 4

AWARDS FOR GALLANTRY

MADE TO NEW ZEALAND AIRMEN. EXPLOITS IN MANY THEATRES OF WAR. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, This Day. Fighting, bombing and mine-laying exploits in many theatres of the air war are mentioned in citations accompanying the award of five Distinguished Flying , Crosses and three Distinguished Flying Medals to members of the New Zealand Air Force serving overseas. Official notification of these decorations has been received from London by the Air Department. The recipients are: Distinguished Plying Cross. Flight Lieutenant William Arthur Coleman Ball, R.N.Z.A.F.; mother, Mrs W. Herbert, Wellington. Flight Lieutenant John Edwin Ashley Williams, R.A.F. Acting Flight Lieutenant James Arnold Harrison, R.N.Z.A.F. Wife, Mrs H. A. Harrison, Dunedin. Flying Officer Jack Colin Parker, R.N.Z.A.F. Father, Mr A. E. Parker, Motueka. Flying Officer Lindsay Johnston Drummond, R.N.Z.A.F. Wife. Mrs B. J. Drummond, Auckland. Distinguished Flying Medal. Flight Sergeant John David Monroe Herron, R.N.Z.A.F. Father, Mr J. W. Herron, Christchurch. Flight Sergeant William Leonard Harvey, R.N.Z.A.F. Father, Mr W. R. Harvey, Green Island, Dunedin. Flight Sergeant William John MunLow Barclay, R.N.Z.A.F. Father, Mr G. M. L. Barclay, Dunedin.