British Award For Frenchman
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Prom Our Own Correspondent PAPEETE, April 19.
A RECEPTION was held at the British Consulate, Papeete, on March 25, the guest of honour being the Com mander of the Navy of French Oceania, Monsieur Riviere.
He was presented with the King’s Medal of Courage for exceptional bravery during the German occupation of Prance. He had, at that time, acted as liaison officer between the RAF, the French Maquis units, and inmates of the Amiens prison, which had led to a combined attack on the prison, at the moment when 50 hos tages were to be shot. In li hours 600 French prisoners were delivered from the hands of the enemy.
The British Consul, Mr, C. Henderson, presented the medal and thanked Com mander Riviere in the name of His Majesty’s Government for his meritorious service to the Allied cause in one of the most critical periods of history.
The King’s Medal of Courage is a de coration specially created by the British Government for award to foreign allies of Great Britain.