JACKA'S VICTORIA CROS.
\"v MKLnOUUNEj July 27. Tbo Hon. G. F. I'oa-nc Gabled to Lance-Corporal Jacka r onßratulating him as the first Australian to ■nin tho Victoria. Cross. Jacka's commanding officer, in a letter detailing tbo incidont, &ajs :— "Lance-Corporal Jacka rushed to ono end of the trench while I and my party -ft i a eugagmg the <it.her end, and shot" =e\on Turks, who had forced" asection of the tiench. Lanco-Coi-pot-al Jack'a and iour oll\gi-s ff»:vionsly tried a bayonet, lush, but woro r^puisod with two "casual ties." He', recommended I ance Ci/i poTal Jacka for tho medal.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXV, Issue 8203, 28 July 1915, Page 5
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