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NX37497 - McDONALD, Frank, Pte.
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Military Medal (MM)
"At GEMAS during the ambush action, this man, who is a stretcher
bearer, went to the aid of two fellow stretcher bearers who were
cut off on the far side of the road where they had been posted
to watch the track prior to the action starting. The enemy
commenced machine gun fire covering this track and Pte McDonald,
noticing the predicament of those two men and also the fact that
they were both wounded, silenced this machine gun (MG) with a
grenade and then attended to their wounds. This completed, he
then moved down the road through dangerous enemy crossfire to
dress the wounds of two badly wounded men and in getting to one
of them, had to bayonet two of the enemy who blocked his way. On
his return to the main position through the jungle he
successfully got his wounded in - a trip of over three miles
though he
had been slightly wounded himself.
After the Company rejoined the Battalion and was engaged by the
enemy at the main GEMAS position this man went out in the face
of very heavy enemy fire to see if he could locate 6 of the men
of his Company who were......(unreadable)......returning from
the ambush. He was afraid they might......(unreadable)......and
that it might be possible......(unreadable)......
In trying to
locate them this man was cut off by the advancing enemy and did
not succeed in rejoining his Company which had withdrawn......(unreadable)......for
several days.
I regard this mans
courage and devotion to duty......(unreadable)......
I recommend that
he be awarded the Military Medal.
[Remainder of this record damaged beyond recovery. However the
citation above was recommended by Lt/Col. Galleghan Command 2/30
Bn.]"
(Source: 2/30 Bn.
Archives - originally transcribed from the
Diary of Brigadier D.S. Maxwell by The Army Museum Sydney
Foundation in 1998.)
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