LEE John Alexander

16560, Private, 1st Battalion, Wellington Regiment, WW1

CITATION

Distinguished Conduct Medal

Gazetted 16 August 1917, p8415

Messines 7 June 1917.  For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty.  During our offensive he showed great dash and coolness in attacking and capturing a machine-gun with its team.  Later, when the advance was held up by an enemy post, he skillfully rushed it with two of his comrades, capturing two machine-guns and forty men

KNOWN AWARDS

Distinguished Conduct Medal

British War Medal

Victory Medal

Justice of the Peace

Member of Parliament

NOTES

Born 31 October 1890, Dunedin, New Zealand

Died 13 June 1982, Auckland, New Zealand

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