SERGEANT HINTON, V.C.
ACCLAIMED BY COMRADES. IN GERMAN PRISON CAMP. (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) (Received This Day, 12.10 p.m.) LONDON, August 5. A letter to the Red Cross from a comrade reveals that Sergeant .J. D. Hinton, who received his Victoria Cross ribbon by post, while he was a prisoner in a German hospital, was chaired by his comrades at a special parade. The letter stated: “We had a surprise parade here last night. There were many wild guesses about the reason when we heard the German commanding officer was attending. He read an official notice that his Majesty had awarded Sergeant Hinton the Victoria Cross. I shall not attempt to describe how the New Zealander was carried round the camp.”
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 6 August 1942, Page 4
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120SERGEANT HINTON, V.C. Wairarapa Times-Age, 6 August 1942, Page 4
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