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An Embarrassment of Decorations
The Wars
When the top men of the Re turned Soldiers’ League of Papm and New Guinea decided recently t award Life Membership to Ser geant-Major John W. Cox—bette known to the present generation a a New Guinea roadbuilder rathe than a soldier—they overlooked on important thing. There already ar so many ribbons on the veteran’ tunic that it will be difficult to fi.ru room for the gold badge.
Back before World War I, Join was a thin six-footer in the Roya Munster Fusiliers. He was a bon soldier; and when the Battle o Mons developed, with the Fusilier in the front line, he already wa a corporal. The British, retirinj at Mons, in 1914, were charged re peatedly by the Uhlans; and Johi was involved in hard fighting, an< got immediate promotion to ser geant, and the Mons Star.
In 1916, on the Western Front, a Givenchy, the Fusiliers got inti savage hand-to-hand fighting; am Sergeant Cox and Corporal Michae O’Leary together attacked two Ger man pill-boxes, and took then both, killing the 22 occupants. Thi famous O’Leary was awarded thj