For service in South Africa has been recommended for the DSO and the DSM. On his headstone it reads DSO. He is buried in Timaru, died from blood poisoning. http://www.timaru.govt.nz/services/community-and-culture/cemeteries/cemetery-search?BurialId=8382 I wish service all service records would load this easy. http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/soldier/henry-thackeray-heckler Thanks. Olwyn http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nzlscant/sa.htm#Heckler