ACTOR'S HEROIC DEED
GIVES HIS LIFE FOR HIS COMRADES By Telegraph—Press Association—CopyrigM London, December 2G. Lieutenant Dartnell, of the League of Frontiersmen, has been awarded tlio Victoria Cross for tlie most conspicuous bravery on September 3 at Maktau, East Africa. During a mounted infantry engagement, tho enemy's black troops were murdering our wounded. Lieutenant Dartnell, who himself was woundec], insisted on being "left behind in 'the hope of saving the rest. He lost his life in a most gallant attempt to save his comrades. H/: is' believed to be the first actor to receive tlie Viotoria Cross. A COOD ACCOUNT. KILLS SEVEN OF THE ENEMY. (Itcc. December 27, ,11.30 p.m.) London, December 27. A soldier's letter states: "Dartnell gave a good account of himself. Wa found seven dead at.his feet."
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2654, 28 December 1915, Page 5
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130ACTOR'S HEROIC DEED Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2654, 28 December 1915, Page 5
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