KIWI & MOA

Wairarapa Times-Age, 1 June 1943, Page 4

KIWI & MOA

ACTION AGAINST ENEMY SUBMARINE AWARDS FOR GALLANTRY. DECORATIONS AND MENTION IN DESPATCHES. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, This Day. The following awards are announced in respect of the successful action by his Majesty's New Zealand ships Kiwi and Moa against a Japanese submarine early this year:— ■ Distinguished Service Order, Lieu-tenant-Commander G. Bridson. D.S.C.. R.N.Z.N.V.R. Wife, Mrs A. Bridson, Auckland Public Hospital. Bar to Distinguished Service Cross. Lieutenant-Commander P. Phipps, D. R.N.Z.N.V.R. Wife, Mrs J. H. Phipps, Auckland. Distinguished Service Cross: Temporary Lieutenant J. F. A. O'Neill. R.N.Z.N.V.R. Sister, Miss F. R. O'Neill. Auckland. Temporary Lieutenant W. A. Laurie, R.N.Z.N.V.R. Wife, Mrs F. E. Laurie, Auckland.

Distinguished Service Medal: ActingLeading Seamen A. E. J. Dalton. Father, Mr Gerald Dalton, Upper Hutt. Able Seaman J. T. Washer. Father, Mr H. W. Washer, Wellington. Mechanician (First Class) R. E. Harper. Mother, Mrs Betsy Harper, England.

Mention in dispatches (posthumous): Acting-Leading Signalman C. H. Buchanan. Mother, Mrs E. Buchanan, Port Chalmers.

Mentioned in dispatches: Leading Seaman F. K. Knox. Mother. Mrs A. Knox, Dunedin. Leading Seaman H. H. Triplow. Father, Mr W. J. Triplow, Wellington. Leading Seaman T. W. Gray. Mother, Mrs J. C. Gray, Masterton. Able Seaman G. Butterfield. Uncle, Mr Charles Loveday. England. Able Seaman F. C. McVin nie. Mother, Mrs D. McVinnie, Auckland. Acting-Leading Signalman J. L. W. Salter. Wife, Mrs E. Salter, Dunedin. Engine Room Artificer W. N. Southward. Wife, Mrs F. P. Southward. England. Acting-Chief Mechanician G. E. Anstis. Wife, Mrs W. J. M. Anstis, Glasgow. Steward E. Barton. Mrs Margaret Barton, England (relationship not stated). Temporary SubLieutenant David Hamilton Graham, R.N.Z.N.V.R. Mr John Graham. Feilding (relationship not stated). >