AUSTRALIAN V.C. HER© '
. HOW JACICA EARNED HIS HONOUR ;' ,■ Melbourne-, July 27. . . Senator Pearce (Minister for Defence) . .. cabled to Lance-Corporal Jaeka, congratulating him on being the first Australian to win the Victoria Cross. '• . ' Jackals commanding officer, in a letter detailing the incident, says:— : '".Tacka rushed, to one ■end-of a trench while I and a party were engaging. the / enemy at the other end, and shot seveii Turks who had forced a section of the trench; Jack'a and four others had . 'Previously tried a . bayonot rush, and vcro repulsed with two casualties. I :ccommcnded Jacka for the medal." ■ ■ (Rec. July 28, 1.25 a.m.) Melbourne, July 27. Mr. Jolm Wron, the woll-known rac- ■_; in g 'inaii /has" presented'Jack'a with £500' and a gold modal, in recognition of him being the first Australian 'io win the .Victoria Cross. ■ ■ ■ " '
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2525, 28 July 1915, Page 8
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134AUSTRALIAN V.C. HER© ' Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2525, 28 July 1915, Page 8
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