VICTORIA CROSS HEROES
DECORATED BY THE KING. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Rec. December 5, 5.5 p.m.) London, December 4. His Majesty the Kin" at the Palace decorated ten men with the Victoria Cross, including four Australians, whom ho warmly shook by tho hand, congratulating them on winning the proud distinction. Ono described the King as, "He makes yon feel he takes an interest in you something like a father who is prcud of his son." The King is still weak. FRENCH WAR CROSS. FOR M. OARPENTIER.. Paris, December 3. Carpentier lias boon awarded tho War Cross for calm and conspicuous bravery during foe and rain, on September 25, by flying over the German lines at an altitude of six hundred feet. He made several flights with remarkable sang fraid, never returning without accomplishing his mission, although his machine was riddled with bullets and. shell soliateta,
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2636, 6 December 1915, Page 5
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144VICTORIA CROSS HEROES Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2636, 6 December 1915, Page 5
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