My dad was 2/8th and was hit from all sides on January 21st 1941 taking Tobruk.
I remember the 2/8th representative telling mum at dad's funeral 25 years ago...........
Mrs Swallow, it was a brave man you had there:
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Gunner Fred saved quite alot of us that day. He attacked a Machine Gun post that was murdering us. Your husband drew fire, cleared the post with his Bren, was shot three times and blown up by a mortar shell. It was not until some time later that we found out that the horrific injuries he sustained had not killed him.
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