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 Lieutenant John H. Hill, Australian Imperial Force, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 50th Battalion, 13th Infantry, Australian Imperial Force, northwest of Bony, France, 29 September 1918. While attached to a battalion of the 107th American Infantry, Lieutenant Hill assisted in forming the men for the attack and gallantly led them forward until he was severely wounded in the leg.