FOR VALOUR.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 17936, 1 November 1918, Page 4

FOR VALOUR.

VICTORIA CROSS WON BY AUCKLANT>ER, A GALLANT DEED. By Tefojjr»ph-~Frw» Asaoci»tion~Oopyxifflil A. and N.Z. Cable Association ana Eeutar LONDON, October, 30. The Victoria Cross has been awarded to Sergeant R. S. Judson, of the Auckland Regiment. He led a small bombing party under .'heavy fire, arid captured a machine-gun. He proceeded along the sap alone, bombing three machinegun crews. Ho ordered a party of two officers and ten men to surrender., They fired, and he threw his bombs and jumped down among them. He killed two, put the rest to flight, and captured two machine-guns, thus saving many lives and enabling the advance to continue unopposed. Fifteen New Zealanders have been awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal.