Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A lokacin da Jamus ta yi ta kai hare-haren bazara na 1918, Operation Michael
, Brigade na Melvill ya taka muhimmiyar rawa wajen riƙewa da kuma daidaitawa a cikin New Zealand. An san shi sosai ga jagorancinsa, ya kuma jagoranci Ƙungiyar New Zealand daga ƙarshen Yuni zuwa tsakiyar Yuli 1918 yayin da kwamandansa, Manjo Janar Andrew Russell ya kasance a kan rashin lafiya. A cikin Ranar Kwana ɗari, jagorancinsa na Brigade na 1 ya gan shi ya keta Layin Hindenburg kuma ya kama garin Crevecoeur a lokacin Yaƙin Canal du Nord a ranar 28 ga Satumba. Don wannan, da kuma abubuwan da ya yi a baya yayin farmakin Jamus, an nada shi Abokin Tsarin Bath a cikin 1919 King's Birthday Honours. A ƙarshen yaƙin, an ambace shi a cikin wasiku sau huɗu. Belgium kuma ta amince da gudummawar da ya bayar ga yakin basasa; an nada shi a matsayin Jami'in Dokar Sarauta tare da samun lambar yabo ta Croix de Guerre.