Sergeant Lewis McGee, 40th Battalion, Victoria Cross action
near Ypres , Belgium
Lewis McGee was born inRoss , Tasmania Tasmania
in early 1916. Although the 40th Battalion, did not see any big battles until
1917, it did particularly good work in the attack on Broodseinde Ridge on 4
October. Leading a depleted platoon near Zonnebeke, McGee made a single-handed
attack on a concrete blockhouse while armed with only a revolver. He then had
an active part in consolidating the captured position.
Resuming the advance a week later, McGee was killed in the futile attack on Passchendaele.
Lewis McGee was born in
Resuming the advance a week later, McGee was killed in the futile attack on Passchendaele.
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