Further Fmf Awards
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NEW awards to members of the Fiji Military Forces were announced in mid-February. They included the award of OBE to Major S. G. C. Cowled and of MBE to Captain J. S. Thomson.
Major Cowled, who in civilian life is a Methodist missionary in Fiji, is Senior Chaplain to the Fiji Military Forces. He went overseas with the Ist Battalion and served in the Solomons for 16 months.
The citation accompanying his award said that during that time he made the well being of troops of all creeds his constant concern. His influence could be discerned throughout the spiritual and social life of the Battalion.
Captain Thomson in civilian life is an officer in the Administrative Service in Fiji. He was Adjutant of the 3rd Bat talion during the five months when it was serving on Bougainville.