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BIRCH Charles

36944, Rifleman, 1st Battalion, NZ Rifle Brigade, att 3rd Light Trench Mortar Battery, WW1

CITATION

Distinguished Conduct Medal

Gazetted 12 March 1919, p3392

Citation 2 December 1919, p14913

For conspicuous gallantry and good work.  He was one of a light trench-mortar gun team in the attack on Le Quesnoy on 4th November 1918.  He went forward and located a machine gun which was holding up the advance, enabling the remainder of his gun team to blow out the gun and thus allow the advance to proceed.  He, with one other man, then made a daring reconnaissance of the locality from which the machine gun had been firing, and captured and brought in an enemy officer and twenty seven other ranks

KNOWN AWARDS

Distinguished Conduct Medal

British War Medal

Victory Medal

NOTES

Born 31 October 1891, Auckland, New Zealand

Died 3 April 1966, Kaeo, New Zealand