Samoa Resident Decorated
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A splendid new motor road has just been opened for civilian motor traffic in Samoa. It connects Leulumoega, on the north coast of Upolu, with Lefaga, on the south coast—a distance of ten miles. It has been called the Leulumoega Cross- Island Hoad.
Flight-Lieutenant George Brunton Meidecke, of the RAAF, serving in Europe, and formerly of Western Samoa, has been awarded the Distin guished Flying Cross. The citation said; “He has shown courage, coolness and tenacity, and his flying skill is of the highest order. At all times he has completed the arduous and danger ous work demanded of him with complete disregard of the personal risks involved. His efficiency and devotion to duty are unsurpassed.”