Gazette Information: VICTORIA CROSS,: http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/29328/pages/10153. Captain Alfred John Shout, 1st Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. On 9th August 1915, at Lone Pine, Gallipoli, Captain Shout, with a very small party, charged down trenches strongly occupied by the enemy, and personally threw four bombs among them, killing eight and routing the remainder. In the afternoon of the same day, from the position gained in the morning, he captured a further length of trench under similar conditions and continued to bomb the enemy at close range under very heavy fire, until he was severely wounded. He died of his wounds shortly afterwards. MILITARY CROSS,: http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/29180/supplements/5332. (no citation). MILITARY CROSS,: http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/29215/supplements/6541. GAZETTE ISSUE 29215, Awarded the MILITARY CROSS, On 27th April, 1915, during operations near Gaba Tepe, for showing conspicuous courage and ability in organising and leading his men in a thick, bushy country, under heavy fire. He frequently had to expose himself to locate the enemy, and led a bayonet charge at a critical moment. MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES,: http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/27311/pages/3114. MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES,: http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/29251/supplements/7668. GAZETTE ISSUE 29251, MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES, General Hamilton is honoured to submit a list of names of those Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers and Men whose service he considered deserving of special mention.
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Gazette Information: VICTORIA CROSS,: http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/29328/pages/10153. Captain Alfred John Shout, 1st Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. On 9th August 1915, at Lone Pine, Gallipoli, Captain Shout, with a very small party, charged down trenches strongly occupied by the enemy, and personally threw four bombs among them, killing eight and routing the remainder. In the afternoon of the same day, from the position gained in the morning, he captured a further length of trench under similar conditions and continued to bomb the enemy at close range under very heavy fire, until he was severely wounded. He died of his wounds shortly afterwards. MILITARY CROSS,: http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/29180/supplements/5332. (no citation). MILITARY CROSS,: http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/29215/supplements/6541. GAZETTE ISSUE 29215, Awarded the MILITARY CROSS, On 27th April, 1915, during operations near Gaba Tepe, for showing conspicuous courage and ability in organising and leading his men in a thick, bushy country, under heavy fire. He frequently had to expose himself to locate the enemy, and led a bayonet charge at a critical moment. MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES,: http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/27311/pages/3114. MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES,: http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/29251/supplements/7668. GAZETTE ISSUE 29251, MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES, General Hamilton is honoured to submit a list of names of those Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers and Men whose service he considered deserving of special mention.