THE PRO PATRIA PROJECT

SAUNDERS John Llewellyn

8/1005, Major, Otago Regiment, WW1

40455, Colonel, New Zealand Dental Corps, WW2

CITATION

Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire - Civil

Gazetted 2 January 1956, p44

Distinguished Service Order

Gazetted 4 June 1917, p5476

Operations at Flers, Grid Trenches - 20th September to 2nd October 1916.  As adjutant of the 2nd Otago Battalion, Captain SAUNDERS did very good work indeed during the above operations.  Always cool , he kept Headquarters constantly informed of the situation, and when 17 out of 20 of the officers of his Battalion had become casualties, he went about under heavy shellfire organising the work of consolidation and encouraging the men.  He was of valuable assistance to his commanding officer and is deserving of special recognition for his work

Mention in Despatches

Gazetted 23 July 1917, p7461

For distinguished and gallant services and devotion to duty.  Field Marshall D. Haig, Commander-in-Chief of the British Armies in France, despatch dated 9th April 1917.

KNOWN AWARDS

Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE Civil)

Distinguished Service Order

1914-15 Star

British War Medal

Victory Medal

       Mention in Despatches

War Medal 1939-45

New Zealand War Service Medal

Silver Jubilee Medal 1935

Coronation Medal 1953

Colonial Auxiliary Forces Decoration

Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long Service Medal

New Zealand Long and Efficient Service /Medal

New Zealand Territorial Service Medal

NOTES

Born 12 January 1891, Dunedin, New Zealand

Died 22 September 1961, Lower Hutt, New Zealand