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Subadar Kum Sing Gurung IDSM |
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Transcript of Indian Distinguished Service Medal Citation |
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Brigade |
77th Indian Infantry Brigade |
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Corps |
4th Corps |
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Unit |
2nd Gurkha Rifles |
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Date of Recommendation |
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Regtl. No. |
496 |
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Rank and Name |
Subadar Kum Sing Gurung |
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Action for which recommended :- |
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On 6th March 1943, at NANKAN Railway Station, Subadar KUM SING was detached with one section and an anti tank rifle to guard a track while demolitions were being carried out on the railway. Two lorry loads of Japanese infantry arrived and drove straight into the ambush which he had laid. The majority were killed at the outset, but the remainder were reinforced. Subadar KUM SING continued to fight the enemy for two hours, gaining complete immunity from interruption for the parties engaged in demolishing the railway. He himself shot two of the enemy, on whom 15 casualties were inflicted without loss to our own troops. During the whole of the campaign as Senior Gurkha Officer with his column he maintained the morale and discipline of his men under trying circumstances and upheld the finest tradition of the Gurkha Officer. |
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Recommended By |
Major J.M.Calvert, R.E. Column Commander 77th Indian Infantry Brigade Group |
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Honour or Reward |
IDSM |
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Signed By |
Brigadier O.C. Wingate Comdr. 77th Ind. Inf. Bde. General Auchinleck |
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(London Gazette 05.08.1943) |
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