EYE-WITNESS STORY COMPETITIONS

Korero (AEWS), Volume 3, Issue 7, 7 May 1945, Page 15

EYE-WITNESS STORY COMPETITIONS

Results have been announced of the two Eye-witness Story Competitions, organized by the Army Education Welfare Service in conjunction with the New Zealand National Broadcasting Service, for servicemen and servicewomen in New Zealand and overseas. Here are the judges’ awards :—

Competition No. 1 (First second /io)

i. " Smoke-laying at Cassino,” by 17858 Tpr. D. G. Buchanan, 2 N.Z.E.F., C.M.F.

2. “ The Blitz on Ismailia,” by 28076, C. /Sister E. M. Somers-Cocks, N.Z.A.N.S.

Commended: “ The Breakthrough,” by B. M. Robson, 2 N.Z.E.F. ; " The Treasuries,” by L./Cpl. S. H. Knowles, N.Z.E.F.I.P. ; " St. Georges’ Day, April 23, 1941,” by Sister Ailsa C. Fleming, N.Z.A.N.S.

Competition No. 2 (First /15, second Zio)

1. “ One He Didn’t Get,” by 83028 Pte. H. Brennan, 2 N.Z.E.F.

2. " The Breakthrough at Minquar Quaim,” by 63722 Gnr. A. E. Burns, 2 N.Z.E.F.

Commended: "Spartan. Interlude,” by W.O. II Vernon Parkinson, Trentham, " Action in Kolombangara Gulf,” by D. F. Ackerley, H.M.S. " Philomel.”