Gazette Information: VICTORIA CROSS,: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36040/supplement/2559. Second Lieutenant Moana-Nui-a-Kiwa Ngarimu (39784), 28th Battalion, 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force. On 26th/27th March 1943, during the action at Tobaga Gap, Tunisia, Second Lieutenant Ngarimu, who was commanding a platoon in a vital hill feature strongly held by the enemy, led his men straight up the face of the hill and was first on the crest. He personally destroyed two machine-gun posts and owing to his inspired leadership several counter-attacks were beaten off during the night. He was twice wounded but refused to leave his men. By morning when only two of his men remained unwounded, reinforcements arrived. When the next counter-attack was launched, however, Second Lieutenant Ngarimu was killed.
Fold3_Team · Oct 31, 2023
Gazette Information: VICTORIA CROSS,: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36040/supplement/2559. Second Lieutenant Moana-Nui-a-Kiwa Ngarimu (39784), 28th Battalion, 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force. On 26th/27th March 1943, during the action at Tobaga Gap, Tunisia, Second Lieutenant Ngarimu, who was commanding a platoon in a vital hill feature strongly held by the enemy, led his men straight up the face of the hill and was first on the crest. He personally destroyed two machine-gun posts and owing to his inspired leadership several counter-attacks were beaten off during the night. He was twice wounded but refused to leave his men. By morning when only two of his men remained unwounded, reinforcements arrived. When the next counter-attack was launched, however, Second Lieutenant Ngarimu was killed.