C. N. Sandford Receives

His Dso

ON March 15, in Melbourne, the Gover nor of Victoria formally handed the Distinguished Service Order to Flight Lieutenant C. N. Sandford —otherwise “Sandy," of Numa Numa Plantation, Bougainville, New Guinea. Mr. and Mrs.

Sandford returned home by April “Bulolo,” after three months in Australia, Mr. Sandford, with Mr. Raleigh Farlow (now DO in Bougainville) and Mr. Stan Tame, was among the first men from Bougainville to enlist in 1939. After RAAF training, he went to the South Pacific Area as a Liaison Officer with the American XIV Corps, during which time he was closely associated with the First Battalion of the Fiji Infantry. Prom October, 1944, until the end, he was with the AIB; and it was for his outstanding work with the AIB on Bougainville that he was awarded the highly coveted DSO.

His citation praises his courage and re source in leading native troops through the Bougainville jungles, in the course of which they inflicted severe losses upon the Japs.

His brother received both DSO and DFC for special services while commanding a Beaufighter squadron in the Pacific area.