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Displayed most gallant conduct in helping the Medical Officer attending to the wounded under heavy rifle fire on 9th August on Chunuk Bair and for 24 hours after the withdrawal from that position.

Entry in Supplement to the London Gazette, 14 January 1916, pd 591 (WA 22/5/10)

M.I.D (Mentioned in despatches) Chaplains Department:

"In connection with the operations described in General I. Hamilton's dispatch dated 11 December 1915"

Supplement to the London Gazette 28 January 1916 pg 1210

Also mentioned in "Honours and Awards to the New Expeditionary Force in the Great War 1914 - 1918" by Wayne McDonald (2001)

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