A HERO OF THE ARMY

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2939, 27 November 1916, Page 6

A HERO OF THE ARMY

d "TINY" FREYBERG SERIOUSLY WOUNDED

GALLANT RECORD ."lAustralian-Ncw Zealand Cablo Association. (Reo. November 26, 6.5 p.m.) London, November 25. , Lcutenant-Colonel B. C. Freyberg, the New Zealandor, who was tho hero of tho recent attack by tha British naval division at . the Battle of tho 'Ancre, is lying seriously- ill; at the London Hospital. , Ha received four wounds. Lieutenant-Colonel Freyberg won the Distinguished Service Order at tho Dar- < for swimming to the shore and , lighting flares to' draw tho Turks' fire. - 'All war correspondents eulogise his heroism. One declares: "Seldom has there been a case where success was so clearly due to one man's personality." The "Morning Post's" correspondent piotures "a strange, flying figure, wrapped in soiled bandages, loading his men over; the worst obstacles." Another declares:' "Every man' in N liis division is proud of him. His , fame,is spreading in the Army." y (Catted Service.) (Rec, November 26,, 5.5 p.m.) London, November 25. Freyberg is, an Zealand ath- , leto and long-distancQ swimming cham- . plon.- Ho has had a varied and adventurous career, and fought in Mexico.' , Ho joined tho West Surreys at the be-, ginning of the war, and was at Antwerp and in Gallipoli. IThe Freyberg family has its bit" during the present war. In addition to Lieutenant-Colonel Freyberg, there was Oscar Freyberg (killed on active service), and Paul Freyberg ("Boat 'Arbour Bill" to the yachtsmen of New Zealand), now at the front.]