Gazette Information: VICTORIA CROSS,: http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/35879/supplements/523. Private Percival Eric Gratwick, 2/48th Battalion (South Australia), Australian Military Forces. On 25th/26th October 1942 during the attack at Miteiriya Ridge, Western Desert, the platoon to which Private Gratwick belonged suffered a considerable number of casualties, including the platoon commander and sergeant. Private Gratwick, realising the seriousness of the situation, charged on alone and with hand grenades, killed the crew of an enemy machine-gun and an entire mortar crew. Under heavy machine-gun fire he then charged the second post with rifle and bayonet. In inflicting further casualties he was killed by machine-gun fire, but his brave and determined action enabled his company to capture the final objective.
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Gazette Information: VICTORIA CROSS,: http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/35879/supplements/523. Private Percival Eric Gratwick, 2/48th Battalion (South Australia), Australian Military Forces. On 25th/26th October 1942 during the attack at Miteiriya Ridge, Western Desert, the platoon to which Private Gratwick belonged suffered a considerable number of casualties, including the platoon commander and sergeant. Private Gratwick, realising the seriousness of the situation, charged on alone and with hand grenades, killed the crew of an enemy machine-gun and an entire mortar crew. Under heavy machine-gun fire he then charged the second post with rifle and bayonet. In inflicting further casualties he was killed by machine-gun fire, but his brave and determined action enabled his company to capture the final objective.