BLAZING TRUCK REMOVED

Press, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23811, 3 December 1942, Page 4

BLAZING TRUCK REMOVED

SOLDIER’S BRAVERY >' RECOGNISED REFERENCE IN DIVISIONAL ORDERS ( The gallantry of a aier who drove a blazitmtKSk iout of a military c»im? V?.en recognised by Major-lifenSt v S. Wilder, who has sent him a It lof commendation and mentioned faction in divisional orders. The soldi? is LanceCorporal A. M. M. Wilson, irmy Service Corps, who is attache to a field ambulance in the South Ishd. The reference in Generi Wilder’s orders on Tuesday states at LanceCorporal Wilson has been mgratulated on the initiative and )urage he showed in the following drimstances: “At 4 p.m. on November he was returning from a route arch with other members of his unit.On passing the transport lines, it w? seen that the rear of the unit’s petr truck was on fire. The parade was smissed, to enable fire-extinguishers the collected. Without hesitation, Lace-Corporal Wilson rushed to the trfc got th. cab, and drove the ve°l e clear of the lines to a place wh' 6 no harm would result to other property. “At any moment the etrol wmcn was in drums might hav*f nlted ' had it done so, considehlc damage would have resulted as e truck was in the camp motor tran'Ort lines m a plantation. By his acti“ Lance-Cor-poral Wilson averted a fious fire. “Had the petrol ignited l ’ ll '!, 6 hj. 6 moving the truck, he auld hardly have escaped without ai ous hums pr worse injuries. /? , “Lance-Corporal not onl 7 demonstrated ability® al\intelljgeni- • ly and quickly, butmO >• siderable ,V.r |y - - a " f