FOR. VALOUR
PRIVATE H. J. NICHOLAS, M.M.
While a Canterbury infantry attack at Poldenkock, France, was in progress on August 24, 1918, withering machine-gun and rifle fire burst forth from the right flank, completely holding up the advance. A lone Lewis gunner, followed at a distance of about 25 yards by the rest of his section, stormed the strong-point. He despatched the officer in command and attacked the garrison of 16 with bombs and bayonet, until the remander of his section had closed in.
The credit of destroying this strong position almost single-handed, and his subsequent action in collecting ammunition under heavy fire when the advance had reached its limit, led to the award of a Victoria Cross to Henry James Nicholas, -24213, of the Ist Battalion, N.Z.E. He was promoted to sergeant, but was later killed in action.
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Camp News, Volume 1, Issue 5, 12 January 1940, Page 5
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