SYME George

2/1103, Gunner temp Bombardier, 15 Battery, New Zealand Field Artillery, WW1

12702, Legion of Frontiersmen, New Zealand

CITATION

Distinguished Conduct Medal

Gazetted 11 December 1916, p12115

France, June 1916.  For conspicuous gallantry in action.  In company with a sergeant he entered a burning gun pit, and found a gunner pinned under fallen debris.  He and the sergeant worked for several minutes within a few feet of the burning charges and rescued the man.

KNOWN AWARDS

Distinguished Conduct Medal

1914-15 Star

British War Medal

Victory Medal

Memorial Plaque

Gallipoli Medallion

NOTES

Born 18 February 1889, Wellington, New Zealand

Killed in Action 19 July 1917, France

Buried Maple Leaf Cemetery, Romarin, France

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