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PACIFIC
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Fix this texttoblished 1930.
Fix this textL Registered at the G.P.0., Sydney, jar transmission by past as a newspaper ]
Fix this textNew Guinea Men Receive Wartime Decorations
Fix this textWHEN the Governor-General of Australia (Mr. McKell) was in Rabaul, New
Fix this textGuinea, in August, he formally invested certain men there with decorations
Fix this textawarded to them by the King—mostly for distinguished services rendered by
Fix this textthem in World War II, in New Guinea. This photograph was taken at the
Fix this textconclusion of the ceremony. The names, left to right, are:-
Fix this textLieutenant C. W. Blake, of Rabaul,
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Fix this textMr. J. Gilmore, Jr., DCM, member of a
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Fix this textCaptain W. M. English, now ADO at
Fix this textKokopo, MBE (Military Division).
Fix this textThe Governor-General.
Fix this textMr. G. H. Marsland, of Witu, MBE
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Fix this textMr. D. McEvoy, of Rabaul, BEM.
Fix this textCaptain F. M. Boisen, of Sohano, MC.
Fix this textSgt. G. Smart, BEM.
Fix this textL/Corp’l Benge, of the Royal Papuan
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Fix this textMr. Chin Hoi Meen, of Rabaul, King’s
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Fix this textFreedom.
Fix this textIt's easy and takes two shakes of a lamb's tail!
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