Naik YASHWANT GHATGE
5th Mahratta Light Infantry
3rd Bn.
Died 10 July 1944
Age 23 years old
- Country of Service Indian
- Awards Victoria Cross, Mentioned in Despatches
- Additional Info Son of Vithabai; husband of Laxmibai, of Palasgaon (Amnechiwadi), Kolaba, India.
- Additional Citation note
The citation in the London Gazette for 2nd November, 1944, gives the following details:- In Italy, on 10th July 1944, a company of the 5th Mahratta Light Infantry attacked a position strongly defended by the enemy. A rifle section commanded by Naik Yashwant Ghatge came under heavy machine-gun fire, which killed or wounded all the section except the commander. Without hesitation, Naik Yashwant Ghatge rushed the machine-gun post. He threw a grenade, shot one of the crew, and then, grasping his gun by the barrel, killed the remaining two men. Finally he was shot by enemy snipers and died in the post which he had captured single-handed. The courage, determination, and devotion to duty of this Indian N.C.O. in a situation where he knew the odds against him gave little hope of survival were outstanding.
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