A SOUTH AFRICAN SCOUT
WINS THE VICTORIA CROSS. ' > ' London, December 31. Captain William Bloomfield, of the South African Scouts' Corps, has received the Victoria. Gross. His force was heavily attacked,, and about to be isolated in; position. ' Proceeding to. a. new position,'he had.the wounded removed. One of these, a corporal, was forgotten, and Captain Bloomfield determined himself to rescue him. ,He . carried the corporal on his back four hundred yards in the open, under heavy , machine-gun , and rifle fire.—Aus.-N.Z. i Cable Assn. . ■■ - ■ .■. •
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2966, 2 January 1917, Page 5
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82A SOUTH AFRICAN SCOUT Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2966, 2 January 1917, Page 5
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