BREACH OF ORDERS
MILITARY COURT'S AWARD
LONDON, January 15,
An anti-aircraft gunner who . disabeyed an order has been awarded the Military Medal. He was in charge of an anti-aircraft gun when an enemy aircraft appeared within easy range. The regulations forbid him to fire unless ordered by a superior officer, but the temptation was too great. He told his comrades he could not let a chance like that go by. He fired, and the raider crashed.
A court of inquiry was held to consider what punishment should be inflicted on the gunner for disobeying orders, but when the facts were laid before the General Officer Commanding his decision was, "No punishment, the gunner is to be awarded the Military MedaL"
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19410116.2.81
Bibliographic details
Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 13, 16 January 1941, Page 11
Word Count
120BREACH OF ORDERS Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 13, 16 January 1941, Page 11
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Evening Post. 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.