Gazette Information: VICTORIA CROSS,: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35698/supplement/3954. No. 4458 Sergeant Quentin George Murray Smythe, Royal Natal Carabineers, South African Forces. On 5th June 1942 in the Alem Hamza area, Western Desert, during an attack on an enemy strong point in which his officer was severely wounded, Sergeant Smythe took command of the platoon although he was himself wounded in the head. When our troops came under enfilade fire from an enemy machine-gun nest he attacked it with hand grenades, capturing the crew. Although weak from loss of blood, he continued to lead the advance and stalking an anti-tank position, he again attacked and captured it single-handed killing several of the enemy.
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Gazette Information: VICTORIA CROSS,: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35698/supplement/3954. No. 4458 Sergeant Quentin George Murray Smythe, Royal Natal Carabineers, South African Forces. On 5th June 1942 in the Alem Hamza area, Western Desert, during an attack on an enemy strong point in which his officer was severely wounded, Sergeant Smythe took command of the platoon although he was himself wounded in the head. When our troops came under enfilade fire from an enemy machine-gun nest he attacked it with hand grenades, capturing the crew. Although weak from loss of blood, he continued to lead the advance and stalking an anti-tank position, he again attacked and captured it single-handed killing several of the enemy.