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BENTLEY Geoffrey

NZ421889 Squadron Leader, Royal New Zealand Air Force, WW2

F73881 Wing Commander, Royal New Zealand Air Force

CITATION

Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE) military

Queen's Birthday Honours List 1964

Squadron Leader Bentley, in addition to his Air Force Public Relations duties, served for some three years as the New Zealand Military Public Relations Officer for the South East Asia Treaty Organisation. He was responsible for the public relations plan for he Military Advisers' Meeting held in Wellington in 1959 and assisted with the similar programme for the Ministers' Meeting. As Director of Public Relations for the RNZAF Squadron Leader Bentley has always been a conspicuous and loyal Service officer much of the excellent relationship that exists between the Service, the Press and the populace can be attributed to his continuous efforts to gain greater mutual understanding and respect for the role of the Air Force in the Cold War and the need for forces-in-being.

KNOWN AWARDS

Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE)

1939-45 Star

Pacific Star

War Medal 1939-45

New Zealand War Service Medal

NOTES

Born 10 June 1917 Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England

Died 30 June 2012 Levin, New Zealand

Buried