MODEST V.C.

Wairarapa Times-Age, 13 November 1941, Page 4

MODEST V.C.

PRESENTATIONS TO SERGEANT HULME. CREDIT GIVEN TO COMRADES. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) • ROTORUA, November 12. “I did not win the V.C. It was given me on behalf of the men,” said Sergeant A. C. Hulme, V.C., at a civic reception held Jn Rotorua this afternoon when presentations in recognition of his services overseas were made by citizens of the town. Sergeant Hulme paid a tribute to the support of his comrades and especially members of the Maori Battalion. He would always be able to say at all times that the people at\ home were carrying on in their efforts 1 to assist those overseas. Presentations were made by the Mayoress, Mrs H. D. Dansey, of a Maori-carved smokers’ stand, a set of pipes and a wallet. Speakers included representatives of the borough council, Returned Services’ Association and Home Guard. At a time when some were avoiding their obligations, it was. a pleasure to meet a man who had forgotten selfinterest and personal safety, said Mr R. H. Jones, president of the Rotorua branch of the Returned Services Association. Sergeant Hulme spent some months in the Rotorua sanatorium for treatment of wounds in the shoulder received in Crete.