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Signallers repair communication cable severed by a heavy fall of snow.
(AWM HOBJ1883)

WILSON, Maxwell Eric, Lance Corporal (7/73),
3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, 1952

For five months prior to the night of 13/14 August 1952, Lance Corporal Wilson was second-in-command of a section in B Company, 3 RAR. During this time he took part in many patrols, operating up to and behind enemy lines. On all such occasions Lance Corporal Wilson displayed a high degree of courage, leadership and a complete disregard for his personal safety in his efforts to successfully accomplish the tasks allotted to him. On the night of 13/14 August 1952, B Company conducted


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