Captain John Dawson, M.B., R.A.M.C., Medical Officer attached to No.1 Commando, was awarded the Military Cross during operations in the Arakan, Burma [1][2].

On the 31st January 1945 at Hill 170, near Kangaw, Captain Dawson as medical officer carried out his duties with exemplary courage and coolness throughout. He tended to wounded men who were still under heavy fire in exposed places, and helped to carry them to a shallow slit trench where he gave them further attention before evacuation, though still exposed to fire himself. The whole day long he moved about among the wounded showing complete disregard for his personal safety, and altogether dressed and evacuated 90 casualties, most of whom he attended to under constant fire in the forward area [2].