Claim: New Zealand philantrophist Arthur Grigg was a Major in the NZEF in World War II, and he was posthumously awarded the Military Cross.
Evidence: He was a Major in the NZEF in World War II, and was killed on 29 November 1941 when Brigadier Hargest's headquarters in Libya was overrun. He was posthumously awarded the Military Cross. Arthur Nattle Grigg (1896 – 29 November 1941) was a New Zealand politician of the National Party.