MILITARY CROSS

Wairarapa Times-Age, 2 August 1940, Page 4

MILITARY CROSS

AWARDED TO GALLANT AUCKLAND DOCTOR. HEROIC WORK AT DUNKIRK. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) AUCKLAND. August 1. For bravery and prompt action during the evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force at Dunkirk, a young Jewish medical officer, whose home is in Auckland, was awarded the Military Cross. He is Captain J. L. Reynolds, son of Mr S. Reynolds, of Mission Bay. A message from the London correspondent of the "Herald” quotes the following War Office statement on Captain Reynolds’s action: "Throughout the whole operations, Captain Reynolds’s example of coolness and self-control under fire was a great asset to his battalion. On the night of June 2 the enemy shelled the mole at Dunkirk, on which were concentrations of British and French troops. He obtained carrying parties to move the wounded, first to the beach and later to the ambulance. He altogether dealt with some two dozen wounded and accompanied them to the advance dressing station, where he worked all through the day. By his prompt action he saved many lives and showed complete disregard for his personal safety.”