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NX36285 - GARNER, Donald Francis, A/U/WO2
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Military Medal (MM)
"On 14 February, 1942 when the Battalion occupied a position at
TYERSALL Palace area, this NCO, acting as Company Sergeant Major
(CSM), was wounded in the back but despite his wound continued
on duty. On account of shortage of officers, this duty was the
recce and organisation of an alternate position for the Company
to occupy, which was necessary owing to the very heavy shelling
which had set fire to oil and buildings.
Sgt. Garner, showing commendable efficiency, organised this
position and not until the company had been thoroughly settled
down in it did he visit the Regimental Aid Post (RAP), and even
then returned to duty.
Previously at the Causeway in an earlier action, this NCO
volunteered to carry a seriously wounded man through an
Artillery barrage to the RAP situated about ½ mile distant.
There is no doubt this action saved the life of the *** be
awarded the Military Medal."
(Source: originally transcribed from the
Diary of Brigadier D.S. Maxwell by The Army Museum Sydney
Foundation in 1998.)
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