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DENSEM John

24/736, Lance Sergeant, 2nd Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, WW1

CITATION

Distinguished Conduct Medal

Gazetted 1 January 1918, p66

Citation 17 April 1918, p4699

For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty.  He worked day and night in a heavily shelled area supervising working-parties and guiding parties forward under heavy fire.  By his initiative and untiring energy he carried out his task of establishing a forward dump with great success.

KNOWN AWARDS

Distinguished Conduct Medal

1914-15 Star

British War Medal

Victory Medal

Memorial Plaque

NOTES

Born 25 February 1893, Devonshire, England

Killed in Action 26 August 1918, France

Buried at Vause Still British Cemetery, France