A WAR HERO
REMARKABLE FEAT SCOTTISH COURT FINES HIM London, February 26 John Lawless, who on July 29, 1918 sank a German submarine singlehanded, was fined LT at Falkirk for defrauding tile Labour Exchange by receiving benefit while employed at tile docks. THE AVAR EPISODE He. was serving in the steamer Clover in the Western Isles when a U-boat was encountered. The passengers and crew were ordered to leave tile ship, but Lawless disobeyed and remained aboard. Ultimately the submarine was sunk and Lawless was taken before a tribunal and reprimanded for disobedience in the face of tile enemy and then aw arded the Distinguished Service Medal. The defence stated that Lawless’s fraud was really an act of bravado.
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Feilding Star, Volume 11, Issue 4179, 28 February 1934, Page 6
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119A WAR HERO Feilding Star, Volume 11, Issue 4179, 28 February 1934, Page 6
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