The Kaiser knows the Munsters, by the Shamrock on their caps,
And the famous Bengal Tiger, ever ready for a scrap,
And all his big battalions, Prussion Guards and grenadiers,
Fear to face the flashing bayonets of the Munster Fusiliers

Lieutenant A.H.H.Batten-Pool led a raid by the 2 Royal Munster Fusiliers on German trenches. Early in the attack, a grenade blast shattered his right hand, but he continued to lead the attack with distinction until, half an hour later, he suffered two more wounds and collapsed. He received the Victoria Cross.

The same night, Australian infantry conducted a similar trench raid at Armentieres. The attack was a success, destroying two German ammunition stores and securing some prisoners. However, while making their way back to the Allied lines, several men in the group fell wounded in No Man's Land. Private Jackson went back and brought in one man successfully. He then went out again, with Sergeant Camden, to bring in another casualty. As they were carrying the wounded man back in, however, they were caught by a shell blast that knocked the sergeant out, fatally wounded the casualty, and took off Jackson's right arm below the elbow.

Despite the loss of his arm Private Jackson managed to return to his trenches, claiming he only felt "a numbing sensation". An officer applied a tourniquet to his arm, using a piece of string and a stick, and Jackson returned to No-Man’s Land for another half an hour until he was satisfied there were no wounded men left on the battlefield.

The hospital ship St. Patrick took Jackson from Boulogne to England where the remainder of his right arm was amputated. While recovering in an Australian military hospital near London it was announced that Private Jackson had been awarded the Victoria Cross "for his great coolness and most conspicuous bravery while rescuing his wounded comrades while under heavy enemy fire". Approval of Jackson’s VC was gazetted on 8 September 1916, just five days prior to his nineteenth birthday. Sergeant Camden was also awarded the DCM for his part in the rescue of wounded soldiers that night.