TEL EL EISA, EGYPT. 1942-08-01. CORPORAL J. HINSON, DCM., OF THE 2/48TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY ...

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Accession Number 024753
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, DCM., OF THE 2/48TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION AND HIS SECTION: LEFT TO RIGHT:- BACK ROW: CORPORAL HINSON, PRIVATE R. STAGG, PRIVATE D.H. MCGREGOR-DAY. FRONT ROW: PRIVATE J.G. HUXTABLE, PRIVATE H.G. JONES, PRIVATE C.W. LAMMERY. CORPORAL HINSON WAS AWARDED THE D.C.M. FOR "CONSPICUOUS BRAVERY AND LEADERSHIP" WHILST LEADING HIS SECTION IN THE ATTACK ON 1942-07-10.