Artefact
Artefact
Display location
Pou Maumahara drawer bank 9, drawer D, medal position 1
Credit Line
Collection of Auckland War Memorial Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, 2003.16.1.1
Place
Date
1914-1918
Associated Notes
Military Cross awarded to Captain Alec Hawkes Noel Whitcombe, Royal Field Artillery, WW1
"This Officer during the operations against POCHA on June 1st and 2nd 1919, was continuously at the forward observation post from which, an exposed position, he directed the fire of all the artillery. He was on duty throughout the operations and was personally responsible for the accuracy and effect of the gunfire.
Associated Event
WW1; 1914-1918
Bolshevik Revolution; 1917-1919
Associated Person
Associated Place
Associated Date
04 Jul 1919
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Media
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Classification
Last Update
19 Mar 2024
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