PRISONER OF WAR
CAPTAIN C. H. UPHAM, V.C. N.Z.E.F. Official War Correspondent. CAIRO, July 26. The first New Zealand officer to win the Victoria Cross in this war or the last, Captain C. H. Upham, is now a prisoner of war. He was captured when German tanks over-ran •u* South Island battalion during the brilliant assault by the New Zealanders on Ruweisat Ridge Captain Upham was in his first action since he won his V.C. for his magnificent exploits in Crete. When the New Zealanders went into action in Libya last November, Captain Upham was taken to a desert hospital with sandfly fever two days before his battalion left its forward base. Back with his battalion when the New Zealanders were rushed to reinforce the Bth Armv he was again outstanding in everv action in which the New Zealanders were engaged up to the time of his capture. He was seen in a "Jeep" racing across the battlefield rallvin'c his scattered company as the German tanks came toward them. Surrounded. by German armour, Captain upham was forced to surrender
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 176, 28 July 1942, Page 6
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179PRISONER OF WAR Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 176, 28 July 1942, Page 6
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