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Australia. c. 1919.
Portrait of Corporal (Cpl) Bernard Sidney Gordon, VC, of the 41st
Battalion (41st Bn).
He is wearing the ribbons
of his decorations, the Military Medal (MM) awarded for action on the
8th August 1918 at Hamel, and the Victoria Cross (VC) awarded for
further bravery eighteen days later.
During advances towards
Fargny Wood on the night of 26-27 August 1918, Lance Corporal (L/Cpl)
Gordon led his section through heavy shellfire and then single-handedly
attacked an enemy machine gun post, then cleared up a number of
trenches.
In all he captured two
officers and sixty-one other ranks, together with six machine guns. (Donor
W. Connell)
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