CHIVALROUS CONDUCT
BRITISH AND ITALIANS TREATMENT OF WOUNDED (Reed. Jan. 9, 9 a.m.) LONDON, Jan. 8. Reuter’s correspondent, with the South Africans near Halfaya Pass says that an Italian medical officer under a white flag brought out five wounded members of a British bomber which crashed within the enemy defences at Halfaya to enable the wounded to receive attention from the South Africans besieging the position. The Italian medical officer explained that the Italians at Halfaya had no medical supplies and therefore brought the wounded men to their friends. The > Italian officer was sent back under safe conduct with a large supply of surgical dressings for Italian wounded.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 20659, 9 January 1942, Page 3
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108CHIVALROUS CONDUCT Gisborne Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 20659, 9 January 1942, Page 3
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