NEW ZEALANDER’S ACT OF GALLANTRY
* (N.Z.E.F. Official News Service) JERUSALEM, June 10. • An act of gallantry by a member of the New Zealand Division. J. H. Fenny, has been placed on record by the General Officer Commanding, While travelling as a passenger on a three-ton truck, Penny noticed that lu \ ru< -k was on fire. He tried lo halt *be truck by shouting, but when this failed be climbed over the now blazing canopy to the cab-haich, thus being able to bring the vehicle to a halt. , bus prompt and gallant action undoubtedly saved the complete loss of the truck and Its equipment, as well as possible Injury to the passengers.
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Press, Volume LXXIX, Issue 23972, 12 June 1943, Page 4
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