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Photo c. 1917.
Sergeant (Sgt) Stanley Robert McDougall VC MM, 47th Battalion. Sgt
McDougall was awarded the Victoria Cross for "most conspicuous
bravery and devotion to duty when the enemy attacked" on 28 March
1918 at Dernacourt, France.
Sgt McDougall realized that the enemy
had entered the line and charged the second wave of the enemy as they
tried to enter the line.
He succeeded in stopping the
second wave, at which point he attacked the enemy that already gained
entry, killing many and enabling the capture of thirty three prisoners,
thus stopping their advance.
Eight days later he repelled another
enemy attack in the same spot, for which he was awarded the Military
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