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Awards for Gallantry
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William Thomas Oxenham |
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Edward Medal, Second Class | |||
| Date: | 15 Mar 1910 | ||
| Colliery: | Simmer & Jack Mine, Transvaal | ||
| Occupation: | Skipman | ||
Whitehall, March 1, 1911.
His Majesty the King has been graciously pleased to award the Edward Medal of the Second Class to Mr. William Thomas Oxenham, a skipman employed in the Simmer and Jack Mine at Germiston, in the Transvaal, for an act of conspicuous courage. On March 15th, 1910, Mr. Oxenham went to the rescue of a white man and three Kaffirs who were overcome by fumes of poisonous gases. He descended a winze 60 feet deep and 3,500 feet from the surface, and was successful in bringing all in safety to the surface with the exception of one Kaffir.
Source: London Gazette (03 Mar 1911)
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