NEWFOUNDLAND'S PART.
I NEARLY 5000 MEN SERVING. . fFIiOJI OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT-] -* . - 'LONDON, Feb. 13.', % In* presenting two Military Medals to mem- . T; ber of the Newfoundland contingent, Gen;, jj eral Sir Francis Lloyd said that the colon)'), .;-f. comparatively a very- small country yOJ/. ; : . 240,000 inhabitants, 'had sent a quota ■to';.'', .v the army equal to any part of the Empire. • '\ A message from the Governor of he*-foundland-said, "They are.typical New- ';•' foundlanders and show the old fighting _ strains in the loyal and ancient; colony.' V-'-,. There are nearly 5000 more like them in the army and navy." Newfoundland troops : : :>;, have already received 31 awards, includ- •;■: ing, one C.M.G.,one D.5.0., sixD.CM-'s, - eight Military Crosses, and thirteen Mi* tary Medals. * One officer has won a' bar to his Military Gross and one private the ;...;: Russian, Medal of St. George. ■. -,'*-,
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16499, 27 March 1917, Page 6
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