During an attack on a Japanese-held bridge in Burma, a Gurkha rifle section was reduced to just three men. Despite their losses, they made a second attempt, but two of the three fell badly wounded. This left just Tulbahadur Pun. Armed with a Bren Gun, he pressed home the attack alone through intense fire, killing or putting to flight the enemy section and capturing a pair of machine-guns.
Close by, Captain Allmand, who had distinguished himself on 11 June leading an assault on another bridge, also single-handedly charged a Japanese machine-gun position, but fell mortally wounded.
Also in the Far East, Corporal Sukanaivalu of the Fijian Regiment rescued two wounded men lying in the open on Bougainville island. However, when he went out to try to reach a third casualty, he was hit by Japanese fire and fell badly wounded, unable to move his legs. Several of his comrades then attempted to rescue him in turn, but suffered casualties. Knowing that they would persist in taking risks to rescue him while he was still alive. Sukanaivalu deliberately dragged himself into full view of the Japanese and was promptly killed by a burst of fire.
Allmand, Tulbahadur Pun and Sukanaivalu were all awarded the Victoria Cross