{"id":92796,"date":"2017-11-28T16:13:00","date_gmt":"2017-11-28T16:13:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2023-01-06T20:59:28","modified_gmt":"2023-01-06T20:59:28","slug":"forgotten-heroes-captain-james-ernest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cvnextjob.com\/index.php\/2017\/11\/28\/forgotten-heroes-captain-james-ernest\/","title":{"rendered":"Forgotten Heroes &#8211; Captain James Ernest Newland, 12th Battalion, AIF, V.C."},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><h3 class=\"post-title entry-title\" itemprop=\"name\"><\/h3>\n<div class=\"post-header\"> <\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-QzHOyHRSTtU\/VXlVcYHFo0I\/AAAAAAAAIGs\/qQ4QToL8ouM\/s1600\/1511374_10152363284004524_58883398_n.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"320\" src=\"http:\/\/cvnextjob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/1511374_10152363284004524_58883398_n.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-92797\" width=\"218\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Captain James Ernest Newland, 12th Battalion, AIF, Victoria Cross action on 8 April and&nbsp;15 April 1917&nbsp;at Lagnicourt.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>James Newland was born at&nbsp;Highton,&nbsp;Victoria.  He served in the Boer War before becoming a regular soldier. In August  1914 he transferred to the AIF. He took part in the Gallipoli landing;  he was soon wounded and evacuated and, later that year, commissioned. In  1916 he went to&nbsp;France&nbsp;as battalion adjutant,&nbsp;and was Mentioned in Despatches at Pozi\u00e8res.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Newland was awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions on three occasions over 7\u20139 April, and&nbsp;15 April 1917. Near Boursies and&nbsp;Lagnicourt,&nbsp;France,  he led strong attacks and repelled enemy counter-attacks. &#8220;It was [his]  tenacity and disregard for his own safety that encouraged the men to  hold out.&#8221; In early May, Newland was again wounded.<\/div>\n<div>Returning to&nbsp;Australia, Newland  served in the army until 1941. He worked briefly for the Red Cross then  joined the inspection staff at Footscray Ammunition Factory, Melbourne,  until his death in 1949.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>As well as the Victoria Cross Newland received service medals for the  Boer War and First and Second World Wars, the King George VI Coronation  Medal, and long and meritorious service medals. The oak leaf denotes  that Newland was Mentioned in Despatches.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Captain James Ernest Newland, 12th Battalion, AIF, Victoria Cross action on 8 April and&nbsp;15 April 1917&nbsp;at Lagnicourt. James Newland was born at&nbsp;Highton,&nbsp;Victoria. He served in the Boer War before becoming a regular soldier. In August 1914 he transferred to the AIF. He took part in the Gallipoli landing; he was soon wounded and evacuated and, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":92797,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cvnextjob.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92796"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cvnextjob.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cvnextjob.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cvnextjob.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cvnextjob.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92796"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cvnextjob.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92796\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cvnextjob.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cvnextjob.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cvnextjob.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cvnextjob.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}