BRAVERY RECOGNISED.
Received Julv 3. 1.50 p.m. LONDON, July 2
The King has awarded the Albert Medal to Lieutenant-Commander B. G. Scurfiekl, of the destroyer Hunter. On May 25, after the Hunter had been mined, the vessel developed a heavy list. There were no lights and no steam. Commander Scurfiekl jumped into the oil-flooded battery oil the damaged deck, not knowing if it was intact, and pulled out the bodies from the wreckage. He also saved five stokers from the smashed bulkhead.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 182, 3 July 1937, Page 2
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82BRAVERY RECOGNISED. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 182, 3 July 1937, Page 2
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