"Extraordinary Heroism"

Paul Mason Gets American DSC

THE name of Petty Officer P. E. Mason, Lane Cove, Sydney, a member of the RAN Voluntary Reserve, appears with those of three other Australians in a recently-published list headed, “Ameri can Awards for Heroism.” The Ameri can Commander-in-Chief, General Mac- Arthur, awarded them the American Dis tinguished Service Cross. It was stated that “the awards are for extraordinary heroism in action, but complete citations cannot be published now, for military reasons.”

Petty Officer Mason, not long ago, was Mr. Paul Mason, of Inus, Bougainville, in the Northern (Mandated) Solomons.

He was a plantation inspector for Asso ciated Plantations Pty. Ltd.