DAVY Vincent Raymond

2/186A, Sergeant, 13 Battery, New Zealand Field Artillery, WW1

CITATION

Distinguished Conduct Medal

Gazetted 16 August 1917, p8415

France, June 1917.  For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty.  He showed the greatest disregard of personal safety in tackling and extinguishing a fire, which had broken out in his gun-pit, under heavy hostile fire,  He had on a previous occasion shown great coolness in keeping his men in action through heavy shell-fire

AWARDS

Distinguished Conduct Medal

1914-15 Star

British War Medal

Victory Medal

NOTES

Born 9 April 1891, Motueka, New Zealand

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