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On 6 September 1917 the Victoria Cross was awarded to Corporal Leslie Andrew, 2nd Battalion, Wellington Infantry Regiment, 1NZEF for his actions during an attack on the village of La Basseville, near Messines. According to the citation in the London Gazette, 6 September 1917, Andrew was awarded the Victoria Cross (VC) for 'most conspicuous bravery'. Leading a section of men, Andrew captured a German machine-gun post before stalking a second position and destroying it with hand grenades. While his men were carrying back the captured guns, Andrew and another soldier discovered another machine-gun in a trench. The two men rushed this position too, throwing grenades and clearing it before finally returning to their company. Andrew displayed 'great skill and determination in his disposition, with 'unexampled ... cool daring, initiative, and fine leadership'. Leslie Andrew worked as a Railways Department clerk before enlisting for the First World War. Lying about age, he arrived in France in September 1916 and fought with the 2nd Wellington Battalion at the Somme before being wounded. Leslie Andrew died in 1969 and is buried at the Levin RSA Cemetery. The complete set of his military medals from both the First and Second World Wars, including his Victoria Cross, is on display at the Army Museum in Waiouru. The Victoria Cross is the highest military decoration awarded for ‘valour in the face of the enemy’ to members of the armed forces of Commonwealth countries. It was introduced in 1856 by Queen Victoria to honour acts of valour during the Crimean War. A total of 23 VCs have been awarded to New Zealand military personnel, including two won by Charles Upham. Shown above is a photograph of Leslie Andrew, VC. This photograph comes from a series consisting of photographs of Great War Medal Recipients gathered together by the Dominion Museum and exhibited on boards at the Museum after the War. These boards are now only viewable digitally. Partly for preservation reasons, and partly for ease of access, each photographic portrait has been taken out from its board and stored as an individual portrait. These individual photographs are now documented, and may be accessed, through Series 25044. Archives Reference: AALZ 25044 1/F562 20 (R24184770) For updates on our On This Day series and news from Archives New Zealand, follow us on Twitter twitter.com/ArchivesNZ Material from Archives New Zealand |
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