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1954 New Zealand bravery awards
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thumb|right|Train wreckage on the banks of the Whangaehu River following the Tangiwai disaster
The 1954 New Zealand bravery awards were announced via a special honours list on 29 January 1954, and recognised four people for acts of bravery in the aftermath of the Tangiwai disaster on 24 December 1953.40084 29 January 1954 623 y
George Medal (GM)
Arthur Cyril Ellis – postmaster, Taihape.
John Warren Holman – of South Beach, Plimmerton.
British Empire Medal (BEM)
Civil division
Arthur Dewar Bell – of Raetihi.
William Ian Inglis – railway guard, of Ngaio, Wellington.
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