GALLANTRY RECOGNISED.
VICTORIA CROSS GAINED. RESCUE OF WOUNDED. GISBORNE PRIVATE'S DEED. [BY TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.] GISBORNE, Friday. Private advices received to-day show that Private Frank Ratcliffe, of Gisbome, has been recommended for the Victoria Cross for rescuing wounded under fire in th& Somme battle. He left with one of the early reinforcements.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16408, 9 December 1916, Page 11
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