1954 New Zealand bravery awards

The 1954 New Zealand bravery awards were announced via a special honours list on 29 January 1954, and recognised four people for acts of bravery in the aftermath of the Tangiwai disaster on 24 December 1953.[1]

Train wreckage on the banks of the Whangaehu River following the Tangiwai disaster

George Medal (GM)
  • Arthur Cyril Ellis – postmaster, Taihape.
  • John Warren Holman – of South Beach, Plimmerton.

British Empire Medal (BEM)
Civil division
  • Arthur Dewar Bell – of Raetihi.
  • William Ian Inglis – railway guard, of Ngaio, Wellington.

References
  1. "No. 40084". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 January 1954. p. 623.
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