MILITARY MEDAL AWARDED

Press, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23798, 18 November 1942, Page 2

MILITARY MEDAL AWARDED

— * — NFW ZEALAND AMBULANCE DRIVER (Official War Correspondent, N.Z.E.F.) CAIRO, Nov. 16. An immediate award of the Military Medal has been made to a New Zealand ambulance driver, Private C. C. Robinson, of Mokai, near Putaruru. The citation says that on the night of June 27-28, in the face of machinegun. anti-tank, and field gun fire, and with utter disregard of personal safely, Private Robinson, instead of carrying out an order to follow a comparatively safe middle course, closely followed an infantry bayonet attack. He zigzagged his ambulance across the whole battlefield, picking up lying wounded and directing walking wounded to a place of safety. His act was an outstanding example of personal courage, and it was his determination and devotion to duty under intense fire that saved the lives of wounded comrades by removing them’ from the range of direct enemy action and to medical attention. Private Robinson, who is 24 Years of age. is an Army Service Corps driver attached to the Field Ambulance. He went overseas with an early reinforcement. His mother is Mrs F. R. Robinson, of Mokai.