THE PRO PATRIA PROJECT

HADDOW Robert Wallace

24/842, Sergeant Major, 2nd Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, WW1

Home Guard Service WW2

CITATION

Distinguished Conduct Medal

Gazetted 4 March 1918, p2761

For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty when in charge of a forward dump during an action.  When the officer in charge of the carrying party and most of his men became casualties he collected men and kept the party going, and did excellent work for three days in seeing to the requirements for the battalion, being most of the time under heavy shell fire.  It was by his personal example of leadership and contempt of danger that supplies were got up to the front line

KNOWN AWARDS

Distinguished Conduct Medal

1914-15 Star

British War Medal

Victory Medal

War Medal 1939-45

New Zealand War Service Medal

Coronation Medal 1937

Efficiency Decoration

New Zealand Long and Efficient Service Medal

New Zealand Territorial Service Medal

NOTES

Born 4 June 1893, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Died 18 May 1952, Auckland,New Zealand