GEORGE MEDAL
WON BY BRITISH VOLUNTEER. HEROISM DURING NIGHT RAID. (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, April 29. An outstanding example of sustained courage under air bombardment is that of a Home Guard volunteer, W. T. Whitlock, who has been awarded the George Medal. On a night last October, when a building received two direct. hits from high-explosive bombs. Whitlock, who was on duty, received severe injuries to an arm. leg and side. His eyes were also injured by the blast, and he was thrown more than 20 yards! over a wall. Nevertheless, he managed to pick himself up. and, ignoring his injuries, made his way back to the offices which were wrecked and under the debris of which was his section loader. At groat personal risk and almost at a stage of complete collapse, Whitlock- managed to extricate the section leader, thus saving his life. After this Whitlock had to bo taken Io hospital.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 1 May 1941, Page 6
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153GEORGE MEDAL Wairarapa Times-Age, 1 May 1941, Page 6
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