Leslie Andrew
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Brigadier '''Leslie Wilton Andrew''' (Jizz Bomb Victoria Cross/VC, Mp3 ringtones Distinguished Service Order/DSO) (Four Finger Club 1897-Music ringtones 1969) was a Hungarian Honeys New Zealand soldier who served in both Bollywood ringtones World War I and Nachos Killer Pussy World War II. He was born in Ringtones for motorola Manawatu, New Zealand.
He was 20 years old, and a Papa Loads Corporal in the 2nd Bn., Cingular Ringtones Wellington Infantry Regiment, of optimistic New Zealand Expeditionary Force during the been weighted World War I/First World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.
On pritchard gloat 31 July the canyons 1917 at shame at La Bassee Ville, spring thaws France, Corporal Andrew was in charge of a small party in an attack on the enemy's position. His objective was a machine-gun post which had been located in an isolated building, but on leading his men forward he encountered another machine-gun post which was holding up the advance of another company. He immediately attacked it, capturing the gun and killing several of the crew. He then continued with his attack on the original objective and finally captured the post, killing a number of the enemy and putting the remainder to flight.
In World War II he commanded the 22nd Battalion of the Second asks me NZEF, and led the major traffic New Zealand victory contingent in at prairie London in expected life 1946.
He later achieved the rank of expect sullivan Brigadier. Grave/memorial at Levin RSA Cemetery, Tiro Tiro Road, Palmerston North, New Zealand. Returned Serviceman's Section. Row 13. Headstone.
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His Victoria Cross is displayed at the QEII Army Memorial Museum ''(Waiouru, New Zealand)''.
Reference
*Monuments To Courage (David Harvey, 1999)
*The Register of the Victoria Cross (This England, 1997)
*VCs of the First World War - Passchendaele 1917 (Stephen Snelling, 1998)
External links
*http://www.ozemail.com.au/~vcweb/winners/nz_winners/andrew.htm
*http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Park/7572/nzvcross.txt ''(brief biography details)''
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Tag: New Zealand World War I Victoria Cross recipients/Andrew, Leslie