HEROES OF THE BATTLE.
A BOY LIEUTENANT AND A j CATHOLIC PRIESfT. (United Service.) (Received April 28, 10.10 a.m.) "LONDON, April 27. Father Olune, a brother of the Bishop of Perth, a white-hearded padre of the New South Wales Battalion, famed for haunting the front line trenches against orders on the pretence of carrying important letters, took prisoner and i brought m six stalwart Prussian Guards- ! men. . . j
The hero of the Battle of Lagnicourt its a boy-lieutenant, a Londoner, name unknown, who remained at an observation post when encircled by Germans. While the enemy attacked and captured a battery he transmitted their disposition to headquarters enabling a counter -attack, whioh annihilated the G-ei*ma*n.s and i*ecaptured the guns.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14284, 28 April 1917, Page 3
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