============== Other War Medals and Honours to New Zealander's ============= RESOURCE: ©1994 The Electric Book Company Ltd. TRAVIS, Richard Charles (a.k.a. Dickson Cornelius Savage) (Opotiki 1884- Rossignol Wood 1918) Killed July 1918 the day after Victoria Cross action. WWI: Second Battalion, Otago Regiment, NZ - World War One: Distinguished Conduct Medal Military Medal Croix de Guerre (Belgian) Victoria Cross, July 1918 - near Rossignol Wood. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- JUDSON, Reginald Stanley (Auckland 1881-1972) Three highest awards for gallantry open to a non-commissioned officer within one six-week period during July and August 1918. WWI: First Battalion, Auckland Regiment. Distinguished Conduct Medal (24-25 July) Military Medal (16 August) Victoria Cross (24 August) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ALLEY, Rewi (Canterbury 1897- China 1989) WWI: Military Medal ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- GEORGE CROSS King George VI in 1940, superseding the Medal of the Order of the British Empire for Gallantry, and ranking second in precedence after the Victoria Cross. Award to civilians for acts of gallantry, and for servicemen in cases where military honours would not be appropriate. WILTSHIRE, Sidney Noel (Pilot-officer RAF) He risked his life to save a member of his crew from death after an aircraft crash. Medal of the Order of the British Empire (1929) Exchanged for a George Cross (1941). ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- RUSSELL, Lance-Corporal David He worked with partisans in Italy during World War Two, after escaping from a prisoner-of-war camp. He helped many other Allied prisoners to escape to safety. 22nd Battalion of the Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force: George Cross (posthumously - 1948) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- HUDSON, Sergeant Murray Ken (Opotiki 1938 - Waiouru 1974) New Zealand Army - Malaysia, Borneo and Vietnam In February 1974 Hudson was supervising live grenade practice at Waiouru military camp when an NCO accidentally armed a grenade. He ordered the NCO to throw it and when there was no response, tried to wrestle it free and throw it himself but it exploded and killed both men. George Cross (posthumously - October 1974) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEE, John Alfred Alexander (Dunedin 1891-1982) WWI: Western Front Distinguished Conduct Medal ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- BURDON, Randel Mathews (England 1896-1965) WWI: Queen's Regiment Military Cross ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- KAIN, Edgar 'Cobber' (Hastings 1918- France June 1940) Section commander - Hawker Hurricanes - 80 fighter and escort operations over enemy-occupied territory - World War Two WWII: Royal Air Force, 1937 - No 73 Fighter Squadron: Distinguished Flying Cross (March 1940). ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- HARGEST, James (Gore 1891- Normandy 1944) WWI: Gallipoli, France DSO WWII: Brigadier Greece, Crete, captured Libya two bars to his DSO Greek Military Cross Made a brilliant escape from a prison castle near Florence described in his book "Farewell Campo 12." ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- MULGAN, John Alan Edward (1911- Cairo 1945) WWII: Lieutenant-Colonel Military Cross (Greece) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- COATES, Joseph Gordon (Northland 1878-1943) Prime Minister of NZ 1925 - 1928 Reform Party. WWI: Major Military Cross and Bar. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- FINDLAY, James Lloyd (Wellington 1895- ) WWI: Air Commodore - Royal Flying Corps Croix de Guerre Legion of Honour ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- DSO KIPPENBERGER, Sir Howard Karl 'Kip' (Canterbury 1897-1957) Lieutenant-Colonel, commandor - First Canterbury Regiment WWII: Greece, Crete, Libya and Italy DSO and Bar. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- WORSLEY, Frank Arthur (Akaroa 1872-1943) 'Q' mystery ships, disguised as merchantmen, but heavily armed to attack and destroy U-boats. WWII: Royal Navy DSO and Bar ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- FREYBERG, Bernard Cyril (London 1889-1963) WWI: 7th (Hood) Battalion of the Royal Naval Brigade Belgian front: Distinguished Service Order (April 1915) France: Victoria Cross (Somme, November 1916) Temporary Brigadier: two bars to his DSO Croix Militaire de Guerre (CMG) six times mentioned in despatches WW II: New Zealand Division in the Middle East, Allied Commander-in-Chief in Crete (briefly in 1941) Command: New Zealanders until the end of the war third bar to his DSO. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- SANDERS, William Edward (Auckland 1883- (August) 1917) Killed when the HMS Prize went down with all hands, after being hit by a torpedo in August 1917. WWI: sub-lieutenant - lieutenant-commander, Commander of HMS Prize DSO Victoria Cross =========================================================================== ©1994 The Electric Book Company Ltd. All Rights Reserved ========== G E N E o N Z - N Z & M a o r i G e n e a l o g y ========= c o l l a t e d b y 15 July 1997 http://www.geocities.com/wlorac/nzmedal.txt ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FOR GENERAL VIEW OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC WITHOUT PAYMENT OF FEES OR PRIVATE MEMBERSHIP