A VERY GALLANT ACT.
THE LATE LIEUTENANT ATJjBW; M By Telegraph.-Press AasodationV 4 ~,, . ~ Wellington, LMtMAtA.' ? J-hc incidents connected with tMf H death of Lieutenant J. H. Alien and*' 'A scribed in a letter received bji HoL J* ;S Allen (Minister for Defence) frcto W ': | officer of high rank. The mixed tint' I with which the Essex regiment waa mV -'£ sociated got into a difficult pmitiorf l -I on June 0, owing to the centre natiM" '4 got too far forward. Some of toft' $ troops were bombed out of an advanced 1 trench, and Lieut. Allent and another. [ k ofTicer acted "most gallantly" iii ,tt- . '{ tempting to check the retreat. Tber'" 1* succeeded, but they had to expoM "'V* themselves freely, and 'the plucky act ' -• cost Lieut. Allen bis life. "I am pleased" ' .to be able to tell you that your ton; .<:■ died doing a very gallant act, wttieb. -.' entailed almost certain death," write* 1 the officer, 'To do as lie did required, a cool head and a brave heart,"
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Taranaki Daily News, 31 August 1915, Page 5
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169A VERY GALLANT ACT. Taranaki Daily News, 31 August 1915, Page 5
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