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During an action Inwood went out alone to an
enemy strong point and captured it after taking nine prisoners and
killing several of the enemy, allowing the advance to continue until
the third objective was gained. The battalion then consolidated its
posts and wired its front before beating off enemy counter-attacks.
It was expected that the enemy would group for a counter-attack that
evening so Inwood volunteered to go out in the dark, 600 metres in
front of his line, to report on enemy movements. The attack did not
eventuate. Next morning Inwood and a member of the 7th Battalion
located a machine gun which was causing casualties. They crept up
behind it and bombed it so effectively that only one gunner
survived; he was taken prisoner and forced to carry his gun back to
the Australian lines. |