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On Wed. 24 Nov 1943 British Army Sergeant Thomas Derrick won the Victo.....

On Wed. 24 Nov 1943 British Army Sergeant Thomas Derrick won the Victo.....
British Army Sergeant Thomas Derrick won the Victoria Cross in New Guinea after volunteering to go out alone to tackle Japanese gun positions. He destroyed 10 with grenades, enabling the Australian advance to continue. Derrick did not live to receive the medal, dying from wounds sustained in a later action in Borneo in May 1945.

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