Henry Dalziel
Driver, 15th Battalion, (Queensland and Territories) Australian Imperial Force
- Register No.
- 297 (Alf's numbering, from The Register of the Victoria Cross, 1997)
- Rank
- Driver all Drivers →
- Unit
- 15th Battalion, (Queensland and Territories) Australian Imperial Force (register: 15th Battalion, AIF) all AIF VCs →
- Date of action
- 4 July 1918 on this day → all of 1918 →
- Conflict / campaign
- First World War
- London Gazette
- 17th August, 1918 on this day → all of 1918 →
- Born
- 18th February, 1893 at Irvinebank, Queensland, Australia
- Died
- 24th July, 1965 at Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Memorial / grave
- Mount Thomson Crematorium, Brisbane, and on the Australian War Memorial Canberra, Australia
Digest of citation
On 4th July, 1918 at Hamel Wood, France, when determined resistance was coming from an enemy strong point which was also protected by a strong wire entanglements, Private Dalziel, armed only with a revolver attacked an enemy machine gun. He killed or captured the entire crew and, although severely wounded in the hand, carried on until the final objective was captured. He twice went over open ground under heavy artillery and machine-gun fire to obtain ammunition and, suffering from loss of blood, continued to fill magazines and serve his gun until wounded in the head
From Alf Askin's research notes
Reproduced as Alf wrote it, c. 2000–2005. Spelling and abbreviations are his own.
DALZIEL, Henry. (reg No. 297).
Driver. 15th Battalion, (Queensland and Territories) Australian Imperial Force.
London Gazetted on 17th August, 1918.
Born on 18th February, 1893 at Irvinebank, Queensland, Australia.
Died on 24th July, 1965 at Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Memorial at Mount Thomson Crematorium, Brisbane, and on the Australian War Memorial Canberra, Australia.
Digest of Citation reads: On 4th July, 1918 at Hamel Wood, France, when determined resistance was coming from an enemy strong point which was also protected by a strong wire entanglements, Private Dalziel, armed only with a revolver attacked an enemy machine gun. He killed or captured the entire crew and, although severely wounded in the hand, carried on until the final objective was captured. He twice went over open ground under heavy artillery and machine-gun fire to obtain ammunition and, suffering from loss of blood, continued to fill magazines and serve his gun until wounded in the head.
Additional information:. He later attained the rank of Sergeant.
Additional information
He later attained the rank of Sergeant
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Alf recorded the memorial as: Mount Thomson Crematorium, Brisbane, and on the Australian War Memorial Canberra, Australia
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