Gazette Information: VICTORIA CROSS,: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36849/supplement/5841. No. K. 52880 Private Ernest Alvia Smith, The Seaforth Highlanders of Canada, Canadian Infantry Corps. On the night of 21st/22nd October 1944 at the River Savio, North Italy, Private Smith was in the spearhead of the attack which established a bridgehead over the river. With a P.I.A.T. (Projector, Infantry, Anti Tank) gun he put an enemy tank out of action at a range of 30 feet, and while protecting a wounded comrade, he destroyed another tank and two self-propelled guns, as well as routing a number of the enemy infantry.
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Gazette Information: VICTORIA CROSS,: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36849/supplement/5841. No. K. 52880 Private Ernest Alvia Smith, The Seaforth Highlanders of Canada, Canadian Infantry Corps. On the night of 21st/22nd October 1944 at the River Savio, North Italy, Private Smith was in the spearhead of the attack which established a bridgehead over the river. With a P.I.A.T. (Projector, Infantry, Anti Tank) gun he put an enemy tank out of action at a range of 30 feet, and while protecting a wounded comrade, he destroyed another tank and two self-propelled guns, as well as routing a number of the enemy infantry.