DISTINGUISHED SERVICE OF BRAVE BLUEJACKETS.
LONDON, January 22. The Press Bureau reports that a party of bluejackets insisted on a visit to tho British front while m France. While they were m the front line trenches the enemy exploded several mines. The local position was critical, when two of the bluejackets, seeing a Vickers gun crew knocked out", manned it. They were awarded Distinguished Service Medals. Many othera secured rifles, and the rest helped the wounded.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13899, 24 January 1916, Page 3
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