Template:Did you know nominations/First Battle of Dernancourt
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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:38, 25 October 2017 (UTC)
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First Battle of Dernancourt
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Stan McDougall
... that Sergeant Stanley McDougall (pictured) was awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions during the First Battle of Dernancourt...?Source: Bean, C.E.W. (1937). The Australian Imperial Force in France, during the Main German Offensive, 1918. Official History of Australia in the War of 1914–1918. 5 (1 ed.), pp. 195–198
- Reviewed: Lascar (volcano)
Improved to Good Article status by Peacemaker67 (talk). Self-nominated at 05:19, 13 October 2017 (UTC).
Article was upgrade to GA in past 7 days; it is long enough and has adequate references (though most sources are off-line) with no evidence of plagiarism; hook facts have in-line citations; hook is appropriate length supported by off-line reference taken in good faith. Photo is Public Domain (via Australia government Crown Copyright).--Orygun (talk) 02:59, 16 October 2017 (UTC)
This is a nice image for the main page, but the hook is rather commonplace. Perhaps you could jazz it up by saying what he did to get the Victoria Cross? Yoninah (talk) 23:01, 19 October 2017 (UTC)
- G'day Yoninah, what about ALT1: ...that Sergeant Stanley McDougall (pictured) was awarded the Victoria Cross for single-handedly killing many Germans with a Lewis gun during the First Battle of Dernancourt? Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 09:38, 20 October 2017 (UTC)
