MILITARY MEDAL
AWARDED TO NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYMAN.
GALLANTRY IN WESTERN DESERT.
(N.Z.E.F. Official News Service), CAIRO, October- 11.
The Commander-in-Chief of the Middle East, General Sir Claude Auchinleck, has approved the immediate award of the Military Medal to LanceCorporal Herbert Padlie, of a railway New Zealand Engineers, for gallantry on July 8, 1941. Corporal Padlie, it is stated, was a military escort accompanying the engine driver on the engine of a train which was attacked on the .Western Desert line on the morning of July 8. His action in applying the brake to bring the train to a standstill and subsequently in instructing the officer how to complete the operation and shut off the steam which his own personal strength did not permit him to do while suffering from at least four body wounds, showed courage of a high order and devotion to duty worthy of recognition. Had this action not been taken the train would have gathered speed and proceeded out of control until brought to a standstill through lack of steam. It is probable that this would have led to further loss of life and damage.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 14 October 1941, Page 4
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