Gazette Information: VICTORIA CROSS,: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35456/supplement/749. Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Groves Wright Anderson. Australian Military Forces. During the period 18th/22nd January 1942, near the Muar River, Malaya, Lieutenant-Colonel Anderson was in command of a small force which destroyed 10 enemy tanks and, when later they were cut off, he led his force through enemy lines to a depth of 15 miles, being attacked by air and ground forces all the way. He was again surrounded and suffered heavy casualties, and although he attempted to fight his way back through eight miles of enemy-occupied territory, this proved impossible, and he had to destroy his equipment and work his way around the enemy. Throughout the fighting he protected his wounded and refused to leave them. MILITARY CROSS,: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/31167/supplement/1943.
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Gazette Information: VICTORIA CROSS,: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35456/supplement/749. Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Groves Wright Anderson. Australian Military Forces. During the period 18th/22nd January 1942, near the Muar River, Malaya, Lieutenant-Colonel Anderson was in command of a small force which destroyed 10 enemy tanks and, when later they were cut off, he led his force through enemy lines to a depth of 15 miles, being attacked by air and ground forces all the way. He was again surrounded and suffered heavy casualties, and although he attempted to fight his way back through eight miles of enemy-occupied territory, this proved impossible, and he had to destroy his equipment and work his way around the enemy. Throughout the fighting he protected his wounded and refused to leave them. MILITARY CROSS,: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/31167/supplement/1943.