A GALLANT SOLDIER.
During the Boer etti c'; on Pan Station, east of Pr toria, Private J. Barry, of the. Roy*! liish, performed a gallant act which co?t iiiui his life. Seeing his comrades kill, d and wounded and the maxims su- rounded by Boers, he seized a pickaxe and commenced to smash up the breach cf the aun. The Boers threatened him, but he continued until he had rendered the gun useless to its captors, whereupon the Boers robbed of their spoil, shot him dead. Mr Brodrick, Secretary for War, has written to the widow of the brave Irishman, condoling with her on her husband's death, and stated that had he lived he would have received the Victoria Cross. As he died on active service, she would be ehgib.e to a pension of 5s per week, and the right hon. gentleman enclosed a gift ot Ao to meet immediate calls.
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Lake County Press, Issue 975, 15 August 1901, Page 3
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151A GALLANT SOLDIER. Lake County Press, Issue 975, 15 August 1901, Page 3
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