RUNCIMAN Linton Harry

11/2216, Battery Sergeant Major, 7th Battery, New Zealand Field Artillery, WW1

CITATION

Distinguished Conduct Medal

Gazetted 3 June 1919, p6864

Citation 11 March 1920, p3136

France, July – November 1918.  He showed great courage, and set a splendid example throughout the recent operations.  He invariably accompanied the ammunition to the guns, and never once, although under heavy shell-fire, did he fail to get through with all that was required.

KNOWN AWARDS

Distinguished Conduct Medal

British War Medal

Victory Medal

NOTES

Born 17 February 1895, Cambridge, England

Drowned 18 May 1919, Waipiro Bay, New Zealand

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