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Australian
Victoria Cross Recipient
 |
Private Patrick Joseph Bugden |
| Unit |
31st Battalion |
| Born |
17 March 1897 at South Gundurimba, New
South Wales |
| Date of action |
26-28 September 1917 |
| Place |
Polygon Wood, Ieper, Belgium |
| Details |
On two occasions when an advance was held
up by pillboxes, Bugden led small parties to attack these strong
points which he successfully silenced with bombs and by
capturing their garrisons at bayonet point. In the next two days he
performed several additional acts of gallantry. His most audacious
act was his single-handed rescue of a corporal who was being
escorted into the German lines by three enemy soldiers. On at least
five other occasions he dashed out into intense shell and
machine-gun fire to bring in wounded. |
| Died |
He was killed in action on 28 September
1917 |
| Buried or Commemorated |
Hooge Crater cemetery, Zillebecke,
Belgium |
| Current location of the
VC |
Queensland Museum, Brisbane |
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