COURAGE IN ATTACK

Wairarapa Times-Age, 30 November 1943, Page 2

COURAGE IN ATTACK

AND COOLNESS IN TIMES OF EMERGENCY AWARDS TO NEW ZEALAND AIRMEN. NOW SERVING OVERSEAS. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, November 29. Citations to eleven awards announced today to New Zealand airmen serving overseas tell of determination in attack, courage against opposition and coolness in emergencies. The awards consist of two Bars to Distinguished Flying Crosses and five awards of the Distinguished Flying Cross, while four other airmen receive the Distinguished Flying Medal. The awards are:— BAR TO D.F.C. Acting Wing Commander G. R. Magill, D.F.C., R.A.F. Father, Mr R. W. Magill, Te Aroha. Squadron Leader J. R. St. John, D.F.C., R.A.F. Father, Mr F. F. St. John, Wellington. D.F.C. Flight Lieutenant R. C. Rawlings, R.N.Z.A.F. Father, Mr A. W. Rawlings, Dunedin. Acting Flight Lieutenant J. D. Henderson, R.N.Z.A.F. Father, Mr F. Henderson, Auckland. Flying Officer N. B. Blakey, R.N.Z.A.F. Father, Mr B. C. Blakey, Auckland. Pilot Officer J. H. Verrail, R.N.Z.A.F. Mother, Mrs M. Verrail, Wanganui. Pilot Officer N. Gardiner, R.N.Z.A.F. Mother, Mrs L. Gardiner, Rakaia. Pilot Officer W. E. Elder, D.F.M., R.N.Z.A.F. Father, Mr D. Elder, Gore. D.F.M. Pilot Officer (formerly Sergeant) J. D. Rudling, R.N.Z.A.F. Mother, Mrs M. L. Rudling, Auckland. Flight Sergeant C. M. Wallace, R.N.Z.A.F. Mother, Mrs A. Wallace, New South Wales. Flight Sergeant A. S. Miller, R.N.Z.A.F. Mother, Mrs E. M. Miller, Invercargill.