VICTORIA CROSS TO A NEW ZEALANDER

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LII, Issue 299, 14 December 1918, Page 5

VICTORIA CROSS TO A NEW ZEALANDER

(UnitedPresa-£s*ociation.» | •' - • WELLINGTON, This Day. ; • Base Records- has' 'received particulars !' of the' incident • for , which the -Victoria ' •Cross was awarded t-o lt)/2950 Sergeant John Gilray Grant; of the New Zealand , ]&peditiiohary IForce, for gallantry,:."-to ;the fields of -actipn. At Bancourt, on »;lsfc : September, mi nd'er - point -blanlc .fire : 'at .20 . yards, he rushed' enemy \ to the ■ . right and) left,. sh6wirig conspicuous bravery. It is recorded (that throughout Hhe operations, 'three •dayfe,' he set. a splendid example to- all. Has ' next-of-kin : is' "his.' 1 , Mr§.. J. Grant, PrinceSs-street, f-Hiwera. The " folknvin£ - * additional -honours awarded' to Ivew. Zealanders have been notified *to Base-' Recordd: i Distinguished . Condlicifc Mtidal: Private' J. 'L. -Sh&ckleton, Major W. Deuchrass,, Corpl. R. D. ■ Brown, Private A. "G. Akroyd,. L.*Cpl. L. Greenbank, .Sergts. T.' R.' Kennedy, "F. . Ellery, Riflemen F. Healy, M. ' Berry, A. Gillam, Sergts. D. Fletcher, J. Keatley, Corpl. A. T: Brockenshire. The followlhg' ls^' -ijte the : Military Medal: — Rifleman N. Hi. Law, Cor pi. J. A. Baty, Sergit. A. ©. ClaTk, Bombr. J. T. Y. Cochrane, Sergt. R. J. Sinclair, Privates W. G. Ware, R. Campbell. ■ i , The following get , the Military Medal:—-Private •J. C. .- Low j L.-Opl. P. Jacques,-' Private F. Naden; Sergts. A. H; Muir, N. A'.-uVlcKechnie,. H. Baker, iL.-Cpl. E. Girven.