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Awards for Gallantry
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James Armstrong Wright |
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Edward Medal, Second Class | |||
| Date: | 25 Apr 1911 | ||
| Colliery: | Rand Clip Mine, Bocksburg | ||
| Occupation: | Timberman | ||
Whitehall, July 1, 1912.
His Majesty the King has been graciously pleased to award the Edward Medal of the Second Class to James A. Wright, a timberman at the Rand Clip Mine, Bocksburg, under the following circumstances:—
On the 25th of April, 1911, a baling tank was accidentally lowered too far down a shaft, and broke the slings carrying a sinking pump, which fell into the water at the bottom of the shaft, pinning two natives under water. Wright made repeated efforts to extricate them by diving. The water, though only 4½ feet deep, was rising, and there was great danger that the pump and other wreckage would be shifted by Wright's attempts to pull out the natives, and would pin him down under water. He was unsuccessful in his attempted rescue, but the action showed a high degree of courage.
Source: London Gazette (05 Jul 1912)
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