George Cross for Dealing With Unexploded Bombs
RUGBY, Jan. 3. His Majesty the King has approved of the award of the George Cross to Leonard Henry Harrison, an instructor at an armament training school, “for conspicuous courage and devotion to duty in circumstances of exceptional danger. ” He has shown coolness and courage on several occasions. Early last year a ship arrived in port with an unexploded German bomb wedged halfway through the main deck. The bomb was fitted with a fuse of a then unknown type. Mr. Harrison assisted to render it harmless.
About a month later he again gave similar assistance in rendering safe unexploded German bombs. Mr. Harrison’s assistance was of particular value on these occasions, as through his own initiative and private study, ho has become an authority on the fuse and exploder systems in GerSttA U>»h*j
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Manawatu Times, Volume 66, Issue 4, 6 January 1941, Page 8
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140George Cross for Dealing With Unexploded Bombs Manawatu Times, Volume 66, Issue 4, 6 January 1941, Page 8
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