![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Jacka and Lieutenant Bradley of the 16th Battalion were laying tapes for the infantry jump off point when Jacka noticed a German officer and his orderly patrolling the area. The incident occurred early on the morning of 9 April 1917, during preparations for the first battle of Bullecourt. For the action in which the pistol was captured, Jacka was awarded a Bar to his Military Cross. The following year on the night of 6 & 7 August he was awarded a Military Cross when, from behind enemy lines, he led his platoon in rescuing Australian prisoners while inspiring other units to counter-attack and recapture the line. Jacka won the first Victoria Cross awarded to a member of the AIF during the First World War when he recaptured a section of trench during a heated battle against the Turks at Courtney's Post, Gallipoli on. This German Luger pistol was handed into the Australian War Records Section (AWRS) in Melbourne by Captain Albert Jacka, who had served with 14 Battalion, Australian Imperial Force (AIF). ![]()
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