RUNCIMAN Linton Harry
11/2216, Battery Sergeant Major, 7th Battery, New Zealand Field Artillery, WW1

CITATION
Distinguished Conduct Medal
Gazetted 3 June 1919, p6864
Citation 11 March 1920, p3136
France, July – November 1918.  He showed great courage, and set a splendid example throughout the recent operations.  He invariably accompanied the ammunition to the guns, and never once, although under heavy shell-fire, did he fail to get through with all that was required.

KNOWN AWARDS
Distinguished Conduct Medal
British War Medal
Victory Medal

NOTES
Born 17 February 1895, Cambridge, England
Drowned 18 May 1919, Waipiro Bay, New Zealand

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