Jorgan Christian Jensen ["Tales of the V.C."], item 3

• January 24, 2018 01:32:06 Thomas A. Lingner

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  TALES OF THE V.C.

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  No. 2389 PTE. JORGAN CHRISTIAN JENSEN.

  Lt. J. P. Lloyd

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    Private Jensen of the Australian Imperial Force, was

  awarded the Victoria Cross for the most conspicuous bravery

  and initiative during the course of an attack upon a 

  German position in France. He is a British subject

  by naturalization, but was born in Denmark, and is

  probably the first Dane to win that honor. He gave a

  practical demonstration of his sympathies with the Entente cause by enlisting in an

  Australian Regiment.

    His battalion took part in a British advance in 

  April 1917, and the company to which Pte. Jensen

  was attached was in the second line of attack.

  The first wave met with a stout resistance from

  the German defenders, and Pte. Jensen, growing

  impatient at the delay, dashed forward boldly

  without waiting for the rest of the line.

    He reached and passed through the first wave,

  shouting at the same time to his comrades to

  come on.

    Followed by four men he rushed across the

  strip of open ground which separated him from the

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