HIS LIFE FOR HIS MEN
LIEUTENANT'S NOBLE ACT OF SACRIFICE. London, June 8. The Albert Gold Medal has been awarded Lieur.ena.nt Thornes. He was examining hand grenades in a dug-out in France, when one began to fizz. Realising that there was no method of disposing of the bomb, Thornor shouted to twelve men to clear out of tho dug-out, and himself held the bomb against • his body till it exploded. Thorner was killed instantly, and the rest escaped, two with slight wounds—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 225, 11 June 1918, Page 6
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84HIS LIFE FOR HIS MEN Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 225, 11 June 1918, Page 6
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