V.C. HEROES.
A PALADIN OF THE AIB. LOSDOX, June !0. The award of the Victoria Cross to 30 oftVers and n;en. including six Australians nnil one New Zealander, is announce.', , Amonjf the recipients is Captain .Albeit, Ball. Royal Flying Corps. B<Iwrcn April -."> and May 0 he partioijwti'il in 20 combats, ami destroyed 11 enemy inuchinen, drove down two, ami lort-cil srviral others to descend. Flying alone, Captain Ball fougbt six imt-chines cm 'one ooeasioi), five on two oe*'nsionh. and four on another. When leading two -oiher Bihish aviators. CapLain Bnll attacked eight enemy machine?. On every occasion he brought dr>\vn at one machine. His aeroplane several times badly damaged; once all tlir control wires were shot away. Altogether. Captain Ball destroyed 4;t aeroplanes and one balloon. His courage, de. termination, and r.'dl! were always cxteptionaL—(A. and X.Z. Cable.) I \ cable message dated May 11, etntcd i
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVIII, Issue 138, 11 June 1917, Page 5
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