Awarded D.F.M.
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SGT. GEOFFREY MOORE, of the NZ Royal Air Force, who was awarded the Distinguished Flying Medal in August. Eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Moore, of Lindfield, NSW, he served in 1937-39 as an engineer on the BP inter island steamer “Maiwara”, in New Guinea.
Later, he was on the trans-Pacific liner “Aorangi”. On the outbreak of war, he joined the NZRAF and went to England to complete his training, subsequently being posted to the Middle East.
The official version of the feat which earned him the DFM stated “Sgt, Moore was rear gunner of a plane attacked by three enemy fighters. He shot one down and drove off the others by accurate, determined shooting. Moore has displayed great courage and a high stan dard of gunnery at all times”.