HIGHEST HONOUR.
George Cross Awarded To
Bomb Expert. TINKERED WITH DEATH. British Official Wireless. (Reed. 5 p.m.) RUGBY, January 3. Tito King has approved the award of t ho George Cross to Leonard Henry Harrison, instructor at the armament training school "for conspicuous courage and devotion to duty in circumstances of exceptional danger." The i instructor showed exceptional rooJness and courage on several occaEarly last year a ship arrived in port -with an iinexploded German bomb wedged half -way through the main dedc. The bomb was fitted with a fuse of then unknown type. Leonard Harrison assisted to render it harmless. About a month later he again gave similar assistance in rendering safe unexploded German bom bit His assistance was of particular value on these occasions, as through his own initiative and private study he became an authority on fuse a.nd exploder systems in German bombs.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 3, 4 January 1941, Page 2 (Supplement)
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146HIGHEST HONOUR. Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 3, 4 January 1941, Page 2 (Supplement)
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