EMMERSON Sydney Lawrence

13/795, Sergeant, Mounted Machine-gun Squadron, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, WW1

CITATION

Distinguished Conduct Medal

Gazetted 28 March 1918, p3893

Khurbet Hadrah, Palestine, 25 November 1917.  For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty.  On his officer becoming a casualty during an attack upon an outpost, he took charge of his section and withdrew it to the main infantry position, after all the gunners had become casualties and one gun had been put out of action.  Through his energetic and courageous efforts he kept all the other guns in action until all the troops had been withdrawn from the ridge

AWARDS

Distinguished Conduct Medal

1914-15 Star

British War Medal

Victory Medal

Memorial Plaque

NOTES

Born 23 February 1890, Melbourne, Australia

Died of Disease 19 October 1918, Jerusalem Camp, Palestine

Buried at Jerusalem War Cemetery, Israel

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