GEORGE MEDAL
AWARD TO APPRENTICE
Rec. 1 p.m. LONDON, July 20. . The "London Gazette" announces the award of the George Medal to Apprentice Colin Fookes, of Eltham, New Zealand, whose ship was set on fire by dive-bombers. Fookes entered the blazing magazine and removed 'a case of cordite which was smouldering.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXVI, Issue 18, 21 July 1943, Page 5
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51GEORGE MEDAL Evening Post, Volume CXXXVI, Issue 18, 21 July 1943, Page 5
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