Date of action: 11 February 1864 Waikato, New Zealand)
Date of award: 8 February 1867
Date of award: 8 February 1867
Recommended for a Victoria Cross VC after rescuing a soldier under fire at Waiari, near Te Awamutu, in 1864, Charles Heaphy was eventually awarded the decoration in 1867. This was the only VC awarded to a member of New Zealand’s colonial forces, who were supposed to be ineligible for it. See also: full citation pdf biography.
Kia Ora Leah,
ReplyDeleteAnother post complete! Well done! It is great to see that you have taken the time to learn about the Victoria's Cross Medal and the brave men and women who fought for our country. I can see from your blog post that Charles Heaphy was very brave to risk his life to save a fellow soldier . It appears that the information that you shared may have come from a website. When we want to share information from the internet on our own blog sites, it is important that we include a reference to the original website on our blog site. Otherwise, people might think that we wrote it ourselves. Referencing can be a bit tricky but I'll provide an example that I hope will help you when you want to reference information.
Let's imagine that you read a story about Bill Kini, the famous NZ boxer, in the newspaper and you wanted to copy and paste some information from the article into your blog. You would first copy the information that you want to use and then, in brackets, after the information you need to tell us where you got it. For example, imagine that you copied this sentence from the article:
Born in Winton, Southland, in 1937, Bill Kini was of Ngai Tahu blood, one of three children.
You need to include the following reference after the sentence: Born in Winton, Southland, in 1937, Bill Kini was of Ngai Tahu blood, one of three children. (Tim Eves, New Zealand Herald, http://www.nzherald.co.nz/northern-advocate/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503448&objectid=11075600
Can you please pop back onto your blog and update your post so that it includes a reference like the one that I have shown you above? Once you've done that I will be able to give you full points for your activity.
You are doing so well, keep up the great work!
-Dani