FINED FOR FRAUD
HERO OF WAR TIME
SUNK U-BOAT SINGLE-
'HANDED
Onlt«<j Preji Association—By Electrls T«litraph—Copyrlßbl. (Received February 27, 2 pan;) LONDON, February 28. John Lawless, who on July 29, 1918, sank a German submarine singlehanded, was fined £1 at F.alkirk .for defrauding a labour exchange.and re-, ceiving benefit whilo employed. at the docks. ■ : Lawless was serving on the steamer Clover in the Western Isles wh'en a Xlboat was encountered. Tho passengers and crow were ordered to leave the ship. Lawless disobeyed and remained aboard and ultimately sank the submarine. Afterwards he was taken before a tribunal and reprimanded for disobedience in the face of the enemy. He" was then awarded the D.S.M. . Tho defence stated that Lawless ?• fraud was really an act of bravado.;
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Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 49, 27 February 1934, Page 10
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125FINED FOR FRAUD Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 49, 27 February 1934, Page 10
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