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"I inhaled the gas, say, for eight or ten seconds," Mir Dast estimated, "It brought water from my eyes and nose."

Dast returned to India in early 1916 to recuperate from wounds inflicted by the gas as well as other battles.

In August 1915, the medal was pinned to Dast's chest by King George V in front of a special audience in a hospital in England.

Mir Dast was the older brother of Mir Mast, a deserter and German secret agent.

In April 1915, Dast won the Victoria Cross for his actions in Ypres under chemical attack.