WAR HONOURS

Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 155, 28 December 1918, Page 8

WAR HONOURS

BRIGADIER-GENERAL JOBSON

GETS THE D.S.O.

In the course of a garden party at Admiralty House, Sydney, last week, in honour of the' members of the French Mission, the following investitures were made by the Governor-General;— \. D.6.0. Brigadier-General A. Jobson. , . Lieutenant-Colonel F Lorenzo. Lieutenant-Colonel H. J Cox-Taylor Major E. A. Olding. ■■•,.■ Military Cross. ' Lieutenant W.: F. Clark. '5 As Lieutenant Clark is dead, his decoration was received by his next-bf-kih, Mrs. E. Clark. : Altogether, it was ah impressive ceremony, ' : MAKING GOOD. In connection with the affair which gained Brigadier-General Jobson: his decoration, Major-General Godley, addressing the brigade on the field, said :— "General Jobson, officers, non-com-missioned officers, and mea of the 9th Infantry Brigade I have come here today as commander of the ■ 2nd Anzao Corps to congratulate you on the part which all ranks of the brigade played in the battle of Messines, which is still going oil. The brigade Was the right brigade of the whole 2nd Army, and.Tyas the pivot on which the whole operations of the.first day depended. If this brigade had not only done ite job well, but also learned \vhat to do, and how to do it, the operations of an army of three army, corps might have been imperilled. But. it proved that not only/ did yb\i know, but ako carried out yoiii most difficult'task It.isa very difficult.thing to pivot, as you did, on your right, and swing round on to the black line : It was done in a way worthy of the best-trained regular troops. It was extremely well done, and that was because everyone's heart was, in the job, and they made a po\nt of knowing what to do, and how to do it. They-got on to the black line without difficulty Then you came under a very heavy shelling—l think the heavi est shelling experienced by any brigade in- the 2nd Army I ted many mfessages from all parts of the line, but from the right I never had any messages-which showed the least doubt about the result', or »t*ut the right of the line sticking it. It was worth more than I can tell you to know-that the right was firm. '.'.) '-■'■'■'■ : \: '"The brigade was then called; on to take a very intricate, highly-developWl. strongly-fortified system, known"is t£e Potteries. It was done admirably, and could not have been done better. The effect of all this is that W cleared the Boche altogether out of- the rigtot-flanki We are in possession now, right down to, the line of the Lys, and have driven him back ahnost into Warneton,, 20(ifl yards further than you. were told to go, or' than you actually went. Last night we got'some more gains, about 70 prieoii : ers, .and are within striking distance of Warneton now _ What' is going to happen in the future only th<> higher'commanders know,, but the: 9th Brigade cleared the way to this result. ' : "This is the first big fight the brigade has been in. It has proved itself worthy, to rank with any of the brigades of the' A.1.F., or 1 in any force in the Empire—• ! with the brigades that landed in Gallipoli or fongfit in the Somme. And I want to tell you how proud the sister I corps, the lat Anjsac Corps, and the people of Australia, will be when they hear of the performances: of the. 9th Brigade. I feel that I can confidently trn*t a brigade like this for .any, further operations which we may be called upon to carry out." ; .