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OLSEN Edward

38866, Company Sergeant Major, 1st Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade

CITATION

Distinguished Conduct Medal

Gazetted 3 June 1919, p6864

Citation 11 March 1920, p3135

For marked gallantry and good work.  During the attack on 9th October 1918, from Crevecoeur Village, he, although wounded, refused to leave.  At Le Quesnoy on 4th November 1918, when his company was held up by machine-gun fire, he worked his section round behind the machine-gun garrison, rushed in and bombed three machine-gun crews in succession, thus enabling his company to get forward to its objective

KNOWN AWARDS

Distinguished Conduct Medal

British War Medal

Victory Medal

NOTES

Born 13 September 1897, Lyttleton, New Zealand

Died 19 July 1966, Wellington, New Zealand