Eric Montague Hyman

Major Eric Montague,12th Australian Light Horse Regiment, Squadron Leader, Charge of the Light Horse, Beersheba, 31.10.1917, recommended for V.C., awarded DSO 9.11.17.

"This officer led his Squadron at full gallop against a Turkish Redoubt which was strongly manned with enemy machine guns and rifles.The enemy opened up a very heavy fire but the charge was so vigourous and skilled that the enemy was over run and his fire silenced in a few minutes, thus enabling the regiment to carry on the assault and complete the capture of Beersheba".