TEL EL EISA, EGYPT. 1942-08-01. CORPORAL J. HINSON, 2/48TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION BEING ...

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Accession Number 024750
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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TEL EL EISA, EGYPT. 1942-08-01. CORPORAL J. HINSON, 2/48TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION BEING CONGRATULATED BY HIS COMMANDING OFFICER ON HIS IMMEDIATE AWARD OF THE DISTINGUISHED CONDUCT MEDAL. ANOTHER D.C.M. WINNER SERGEANT J.K. WESTON (TOBRUK 1941) IS WAITING TO ADD HIS CONGRATULATIONS. THE AWARD WAS FOR "CONSPICUOUS BRAVERY AND LEADERSHIP DURING THE ATTACK OF 1942-07-10."