SERGEANT R. S. JUDSON, V,C.
NEW ZEALAND HERO'S FEATS. The circumstances in which Sergeant Reginald Stanley Judson, P.C.H., M.M., Auckland Infantry Regiment, -won the Victoria Cross are stated officially in the London "Gazette" as follow:— i "For most conspicuous bravely and devotion to duty when, in an attack on enemy positions, he led .a small bombing party under heavy fire and captured an enemy machine-gun. He then proceeded up a sap alone, bombing three machinegun crews before him. Jumping out of the trench, he ran ahead of the enemy. "Then, standing on the parapet, ha ordered the party, consisting of two officers and about ten men, to surrender. They instantly fired on him, but lie threw a bomb and juwned down amongst them, killed two. put the rest to fiicht, .and so captured two machine-guns. This nrompt and gallant action not only saved many live?"; Hut also enabled the advance to be continued unopposed."
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DOM19181231.2.33
Bibliographic details
Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 81, 31 December 1918, Page 4
Word Count
154SERGEANT R. S. JUDSON, V,C. Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 81, 31 December 1918, Page 4
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Dominion. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in