A V.C.'S QUARREL
CU.VRGF; OF MUKDEN FOLLOWS STKEET FIGHT Philip Konowal, a. V.CV. lias Lcsn arrested for the alleged murder of William Article, at Hull, Quebec. The men bad a quarrel, which ended in a fight, in the course of which, it is stated, Article attempted to stab Konowal with a knife. Konowal, who led a pcaoe parade in OtUiwn, is of Russian birth, and is 29 years of age. Ho joined an Ottawa battallion early in the war, and 'served 12 months ini France, beinu; awarded: the V.C. in November, 1917. The oflioial d«scripi lion of 'his valor, when in charge cf a 1 section in attack, stated that he killed at i least 16 of the enemy in two days, tackI ling tnem in cellars, craters, and riiachine- ■ gun emplacements. . He attacked singleI handed two machine-gun, emplacements from .which, our attack was being held up and in each instance billed 1 the crew. ! '' During two days' .actual lighting,'' said j the otlieial account, "he carried on conj tinuoiisly his good work until severely 1 wounded." According to men who served | with Konowal. ho made a record in killing 52 Germans in four days with rifle lire .'and bayonet. The corporal«was incapac- ! itated through wounds when he won the I V.C. and ho returned to Canada early I last autumn
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Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 1207, 12 November 1919, Page 7
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221A V.C.'S QUARREL Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 1207, 12 November 1919, Page 7
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