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| Keywords: John Leak P02939.jpg Black white <br> Summary c 1916 Studio portrait of Private John Leak VC 9th Battalion Pte Leak was awarded the Victoria Cross for most conspicuous bravery on 23 July 1916 at Pozieres During an enemy attack Pte Leak ran forward out of a trench under heavy machine gun fire and threw three bombs into the enemy trench When his party was being driven back by the enemy he continued to throw bombs and was the last to withdraw at each stage When reinforcements arrived they were able to recpature the whole trench that had been taken by the enemy Pte Leak returned to Australia at the end of the war and was discharged on 31 May 1919 <br> Credit line Donor R Arman <br> Copyright Copyright expired - public domain <br> Copyright holder Copyright Expired <br> Related conflict First World War 1914-1918 P02939 009 1916 Not stated at source PD-Australia PD-US-1996 Original upload log en wikipedia John_Leak_P02939 jpg wikitable - 2009-09-07 11 38 240×298× 13276 bytes Pdfpdf Cropped - 2009-09-07 11 34 300×449× 37746 bytes Pdfpdf Black white <br> Summary c 1916 Studio portrait of Private John Leak VC 9th Battalion Pte Leak was awarded the V Military history of Australia during World War I Recipients of the Victoria Cross from Australia | ||||
