WELLINGTON FEAT

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 154, 25 March 1919, Page 7

WELLINGTON FEAT

LIEUTENANT A. E. HISLOIP, GAINS THE MILITARY CROSIsI. ■

Seoond Lieutenant Alex. R. Eilslop, of the Royal Field Artillery, who.lias beon awarded the Military Cross, is q. eon ofMr. A. R. Hislop, of Wellington, .who, as commander of the Wellington • Naval .Volunteers, was a prominent £ pure in iVplunteer circles here. His sort, Lieutenant Hislop, who is a .nuirrieii man ■with one child, was visitiug on business when war broke out, succeeded in gaining a commission '.in the Royal Field Artillery.,. Thoact&l<n for which lie was awarded the Military Cross is officially reported as follows: — '.

"When in charge of twelve wagcti9 delivering ammunition to the guns, has con,voy came under heavy shell-fire, Which caused the destruction of two Wjgone and their teams, tho drivers of Which were wounded. He delivered tho resnain'der of his convoy at the appointed! 6pot, and then returned and brought up| two more wagons to the gun line, and'.then went back and salved what was poiteible from the damaged wagons. The worM was conducted under very heavy and his gallantry and devotion to j.du,ty were worthy of very high praise." ";