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During the operations at Mannequin Hill, north-east of Sequehart, on the 3rd and 4th of Oct. 1918, L .- Corp. Coltman, a stretcher bearer, hearing that wounded had been left behind during a retirement, went forward alone in the face of fierce enfilade fire, found the casualties, dressed them and on three successive occasions, carried comrades on his back to safety, thus saving their lives.
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