Gazette Information: GAZETTE ISSUE 31572, VICTORIA CROSS,: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/31572/supplement/11997. His Majesty the KING has been graciously pleased to approve of the award of the Victoria Cross to the undermentioned Non-commissioned Officer:- No. 133003 Corporal Arthur Percy Sullivan, 45th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (Crystal Brook, South Australia). For most conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty on the 10th Aug 1919, at the Sheika River, North Russia. The platoon to which he belonged, after fighting a rearguard covering action, had to cross the river by means of a narrow plank, and during the passage an officer and three men fell into a deep swamp. Without hesitation, under intense fire, Corporal Sullivan jumped into the river and reached all four, bringing them out singly. But for this gallant action his comrades would undoubtedly have been drowned. It was a splendid example of heroism as all ranks were on the point of exhaustion and the enemy less than 100 yards distant.
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Gazette Information: GAZETTE ISSUE 31572, VICTORIA CROSS,: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/31572/supplement/11997. His Majesty the KING has been graciously pleased to approve of the award of the Victoria Cross to the undermentioned Non-commissioned Officer:- No. 133003 Corporal Arthur Percy Sullivan, 45th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (Crystal Brook, South Australia). For most conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty on the 10th Aug 1919, at the Sheika River, North Russia. The platoon to which he belonged, after fighting a rearguard covering action, had to cross the river by means of a narrow plank, and during the passage an officer and three men fell into a deep swamp. Without hesitation, under intense fire, Corporal Sullivan jumped into the river and reached all four, bringing them out singly. But for this gallant action his comrades would undoubtedly have been drowned. It was a splendid example of heroism as all ranks were on the point of exhaustion and the enemy less than 100 yards distant.