The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to Sergeant Thomas E. Caddy, Australian Imperial Force, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 43d Battalion, 11th Infantry Brigade, 4th Division, Australian Imperial Force, at Hamel, Belgium, 4 July 1918. Early in the advance his company was held up by fire from a machine-gun post. Sergeant Caddy with great bravery charged the position, bayoneted the crew, thus enabling his company to advance. This action took place when fighting alongside the American 27th Division.