Gazette Information: VICTORIA CROSS,: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37091/supplement/2647. Acting Naik Fazal Din, 10th Baluch Regiment, Indian Army. On 2nd March 1945 near Meiktila, Burma, during an attack, Naik Fazal Din's section was held up by fire from the enemy bunkers, whereupon he personally attacked the nearest bunker and silenced it, then led his men against the other. Suddenly six Japanese, led by two officers wielding swords rushed out and Naik Fazal Din was run through the chest by one of them. As the sword was withdrawn, the Naik wrested it from the hands of its owner and killed him with it. Having killed another Japanese with the sword he waved it aloft, continuing to encourage his men before staggering back to make his report and collapsing.
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Gazette Information: VICTORIA CROSS,: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37091/supplement/2647. Acting Naik Fazal Din, 10th Baluch Regiment, Indian Army. On 2nd March 1945 near Meiktila, Burma, during an attack, Naik Fazal Din's section was held up by fire from the enemy bunkers, whereupon he personally attacked the nearest bunker and silenced it, then led his men against the other. Suddenly six Japanese, led by two officers wielding swords rushed out and Naik Fazal Din was run through the chest by one of them. As the sword was withdrawn, the Naik wrested it from the hands of its owner and killed him with it. Having killed another Japanese with the sword he waved it aloft, continuing to encourage his men before staggering back to make his report and collapsing.