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He was 32 years old, and a Surgeon Major in the Cape Mounted Riflemen , South African Forces during the Basuto War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.

On 5 June 1879 in South Africa , Surgeon Major Hartley attended the wounded under fire at the unsuccessful attack at Morosi's Mountain . From an exposed position, on open pround, he carried in his arms a wounded corporal of the Cape Mounted Riflemen. The surgeon major then returned under severe enemy fire in order to dress the wounds of the other men of the storming party.


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He later achieved the rank of Colonel .


THE MEDAL


His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Army Medical Services Museum ''(Aldershot, England)''.


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