024750 Accession Number: 024750

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TEL EL EISA, EGYPT. 1942-08-01. CORPORAL J. HINSON, 2/48TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION BEING CONGRATULATED BY HIS COMMANDING OFFICER ON HIS IMMEDIATE AWARD OF THE DISTINGUISHED CONDUCT MEDAL. ANOTHER D.C.M. WINNER SERGEANT J.K. WESTON (TOBRUK 1941) IS WAITING TO ADD HIS CONGRATULATIONS. THE AWARD WAS FOR "CONSPICUOUS BRAVERY AND LEADERSHIP DURING THE ATTACK OF 1942-07-10."

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024750
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
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Colour: Black & white
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Whole
Item Count
1
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