1992 New Zealand bravery awards

The 1992 New Zealand bravery awards were announced via a Special Honours List on 18 February 1992, and were dated 19 December 1991. Eight of the 13 recipients were recognised—three of them posthumously—for acts of bravery during the Aramoana Massacre on 13 November 1991.[1]

In relation to the Aramoana Massacre

George Cross (GC)

George Medal (GM)
  • Peter Morris Umbers – senior constable, New Zealand Police. Posthumous
  • Eva Helen Dickson – of Aramoana.

Queen's Gallantry Medal (QGM)
  • Victor James Crimp QSM – of Aramoana. Posthumous
  • Don Nicholas Fraser Harvey – constable, New Zealand Police.
  • Paul Alan Knox – detective, New Zealand Police.
  • Terry Edward Van Turnhout – constable, New Zealand Police.
  • David Thomas Weir – senior constable, New Zealand Police.

In relation to other events

George Medal (GM)
  • Royd Philip Kennedy – senior fire fighter, No. 1A01 District (Auckland), New Zealand Fire Service. For rescuing a girl who was trapped underneath an overturned trailer loaded with petrol on Wiri Station Road, Manukau City, on 9 August 1990.

Queen's Gallantry Medal (QGM)
  • Sergeant John Akurangi – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment. For actions during a live grenade throwing practice for Territorial Force recruits at Waiouru on 2 August 1998.
  • Warrant Officer Class Two Kevin Charles Friis – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment (Regular Force) (Retired). For actions during a live grenade throwing exercise for Territorial Force soldiers at Waiouru on 13 February 1987.
  • Peter Wallace Sutton. For courage in going to the assistance of a traffic officer who was being assaulted by an armed man on State Highway 4 at Owhango.
  • James Lindsay Thomas – traffic officer, Traffic Safety Service, Ministry of Transport. For courage and prompt actions that saved the life of a fellow officer who had been shot at Kimbell, South Canterbury.

References
  1. "No. 52837". The London Gazette (Supplement). 18 February 1992. pp. 2783–2787.
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