Victoria Cross and legacy Ward's VC was presented to his parents by the Governor General of New Zealand at Government House in Wellington on 16 October 1942. The Ward family loaned Ward's VC and other service medals to the RNZAF for several years until 2006, when they were returned. The medals were subsequently lent to the Auckland War Memorial Museum for display. There are a number of memorials to Ward, one being a painting by Peter McIntyre, entitled Memorial to Sergeant James Allen Ward, V.C. and depicting Ward's feat, hangs at the Sarjeant Gallery in Ward's hometown of Wanganui. There is also a plaque honouring him in Queen's Gardens in Dunedin. In November 2004, the Wellington College of Education, in preparation for merging with Victoria University, renamed one of its halls in honour of Ward. On 14 May 2011, the community centre at Feltwell, where Ward had flown from while serving with No. 75 Squadron, was dedicated in his honour. It had served as a sergeant's mess hall during the Second World War. Notes References External links Sergeant J.A. Ward in The Art of War exhibition at the UK National Archives Pathe News film of Ward 1919 births 1941 deaths New Zealand World War II recipients of the Victoria Cross Royal New Zealand Air Force personnel New Zealand military personnel killed in World War II New Zealand World War II pilots Bomber pilots People from Whanganui People educated at Whanganui City College Burials at the Ohlsdorf Cemetery