The following preview of Herb’s story appeared in the Otago Daily Times on 28 October, 2021. The article is a ‘once over lightly’ account of the recent return of WW2 Timaru bomber pilot Herbert Douglas Newman’ medals from the UK, and his part in the ‘Great Escape’ from Stalag Luft III in Poland on 25 March, 1944.
The full Herb Newman story will be published here and on the MRNZ Facebook page in the near future.
Medals take the long way home
