V.C. HERO OF GALLIPOLI
Australian's.splendidvalour. V,. (Rec. • July, 25, 3.35 p.m.) ; - i . _ London, July 24. . Tho Victoria Cross has been awarded to Lance-Corporal Albert Packa, an 'Australian, for conspicuous bravery in Gallipoli. Ho held <a portion of a trench .with four men, and- was heavily attacked.. • . When the .others were killed, seven Turks rushed the trench-, -but Packa' single-handed, killed-fivo with- rifle fire, and two with tho bayonet;
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2523, 26 July 1915, Page 6
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68V.C. HERO OF GALLIPOLI Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2523, 26 July 1915, Page 6
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