His career, both before, during and after the war, was almost incredible. His father was a Delaware Indian and his mother was born in Madrid and of Spanish blood. Starkie said in 1940 that the V.C. for which he was recommended never got through to him. As Robin Hyde put it, "It was not considered the thing at headquarters for a soldier to win his country's highest honour while on probation for a proud and picturesque crime sheet." Actually a term of 20 years' imprisonment was suspended.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 45, 23 February 1942, Page 6
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87His career, both before, during and after the war, was almost incredible. His father was a Delaware Indian and his mother was born in Madrid and of Spanish blood. Starkie said in 1940 that the V.C. for which he was recommended never got through to him. As Robin Hyde put it, "It was not considered the thing at headquarters for a soldier to win his country's highest honour while on probation for a proud and picturesque crime sheet." Actually a term of 20 years' imprisonment was suspended. Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 45, 23 February 1942, Page 6
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