AWARDED D.F.C.
HAWKE’S BAY AIRMAN FIVE BROTHERS SERVING (By Telegraph.—Special to Times) HASTINGS, Monday The Distinguished Flying Cross has been awarded to a Hawke’s Bay airman with the Royal Air Force, PilotOfficer Michael James Herrick, son of Mr and Mrs E. J. Herrick, Lindisfarne, Pakowhai Road, Hastings. Five Herrick brothers are with the Air Force or the Navy. Pilot-Officer Herriak, who is 19 years of age, is the youngest son. Lieutenant T. D. Herrick, the second son of Mr and Mrs Herrick, is an active service with the Royal Navy in the Mediterranean. There is another son, Pilot-Officer B. H. Herrick, with the Royal Air Force. D. T. Herrick is with the Royal New Zealand Air Force, and has just completed his training at Wigram. SubLieutenant L. E. Herrick is serving in a submarine in the Royal Navy. FLYING-OFFICER’S AWARD (By Telegraph.—Press Association) WELLINGTON, Tuesday The award of the Distinguished Flying Cross to two New Zealanders, Flying-Officer Brian John George Carberry and Pilot-Officer Michael James Herrick, is announced. No details have yet been received of the exploits which gained the award for these two officers.
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Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21220, 17 September 1940, Page 7
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185AWARDED D.F.C. Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21220, 17 September 1940, Page 7
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