Place | Oceania: Australia, New South Wales, Cowra |
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Accession Number | 081385 |
Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Negative |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
N103951 PRIVATE B. G. HARDY GC, 22ND GARRISON BATTALION, WHO WAS POSTHUMOUSLY AWARDED THE GEORGE ...
Description
N103951 PRIVATE B. G. HARDY GC, 22ND GARRISON BATTALION, WHO WAS POSTHUMOUSLY AWARDED THE GEORGE CROSS FOR BRAVERY AND DEVOTION TO DUTY DURING A MASS OUTBREAK AT NO. 12 POW CAMP, COWRA, ON THE NIGHT OF C.1944-08-04. AS A MEMBER OF A MACHINE GUN CREW, HE CONTINUED TO WORK THE GUN UNTIL OVERWHELMED BY ESCAPING JAPANESE.