"FOR VALOUR."
VICTORIA CROSS AWARDS " ~' 1 London, September 27* ] ■ Included in the awards of the Vi<J» .! toria Cross are: — . ' Naik Shahamad Khan, of the Pum '~'/' ..'• iabfe, Viotoria Cross. "While in ohar^i* of a machine-pm covering a gap ia 1 our lines, with. 150 ' yards .of thej • enemy's entrenchments, he heat off : three counter-attacks. He worked, thai , \ gun single-handed after all the men' except two belt-fillers had- become . ,1 casualties. Shahamad Khan held the* j gap for three hours' until It was mads 1 ' | secure. When the (?ua was knocked ; out he and,his belt-fillers held.their \ eround with the aid of their rifles, '< Later they brought back the gnu ancj' ' | ammunition and a severely woundea i man. Finally Shahamad Khan return-: ed alone and removed the remaininu} A arms and equipment. His great gsl-i .-j lantry and; determination saved out* line from heinc nenetrated. ■ i
Thirty-six D.5.6. awards .-incrada ten-Australians. The Military awards total 251, of which 192 are fbjf British soldiers, forty-nine sis Canadian, and four South Africaiu
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2888, 28 September 1916, Page 5
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167"FOR VALOUR." Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2888, 28 September 1916, Page 5
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