Private Frank Partridge VC, 8th Battalion. Private Frank Partridge's section came under particularly heavy fire at Buoi plantation, north Bougainville, on 24 July 1945, and he was hit in the left arm and the left thigh. Despite his wounds and disregarding the heavy fire, he retrieved a Bren gun from a dead gunner and passed it on to another man and told him to give covering fire. He then rushed the enemy bunker, silenced it with a grenade, and killed the only living occupant with his knife. He rushed another bunker but loss of blood caused him to halt and call for aid. His platoon moved forward but overwhelming enemy fire caused it to withdraw. AWM 131225A
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