Gazette Information: VICTORIA CROSS,: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36305/supplement/5649. No. QX 20656 Private Richard Kelliher, 2/25th Battalion (Queensland), Australian Military Forces. On 13th September 1943 in New Guinea, south-west Pacific, the platoon to which Private Kelliher was attached came under very heavy fire from a concealed machine-gun which inflicted severe casualties and prevented the platoon's advance. Private Kelliher suddenly, on his own initiative, dashed towards the post and hurled two grenades at it, which killed some of the enemy but not all. He returned to his section, seized a Bren gun, dashed back to the enemy post and silenced it. He then asked permission to go out again to rescue his wounded section leader, which he accomplished successfully under heavy fire from another enemy position.
Fold3_Team · 31 Oct 2023
Gazette Information: VICTORIA CROSS,: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36305/supplement/5649. No. QX 20656 Private Richard Kelliher, 2/25th Battalion (Queensland), Australian Military Forces. On 13th September 1943 in New Guinea, south-west Pacific, the platoon to which Private Kelliher was attached came under very heavy fire from a concealed machine-gun which inflicted severe casualties and prevented the platoon's advance. Private Kelliher suddenly, on his own initiative, dashed towards the post and hurled two grenades at it, which killed some of the enemy but not all. He returned to his section, seized a Bren gun, dashed back to the enemy post and silenced it. He then asked permission to go out again to rescue his wounded section leader, which he accomplished successfully under heavy fire from another enemy position.