Location: Australia

Surnames/tags: Victoria_Cross Australia_ Anzacs
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For Valour |
The goal of this project is to list the Victoria Cross recipients within Australia, including by State and by War, so that we may encourage their families, and cousins to build their biographies and genealogies. See also George Cross Recipients - Australia.
In brief
One hundred and two (102) Australian servicemen have been awarded either the Victoria Cross (Imperial) or Victoria Cross for Australia (as at 11 Nov 2024).[1] [2][3][4]
A further two men who were born in Australia but moved overseas [5] when young received the VC as members of the British Army and seventeen VCs have been awarded to foreign soldiers who died in Australia, but received the VC whilst members of a different Commonwealth defence force.
Now, here's a question worthy of the best television quiz shows: "Has the Victoria Cross ever been awarded for gallantry in the face of the enemy within Australia? The answer is a resounding Yes; nine Second World War recipients were awarded the VC for action in either Papua or New Guinea, then two separate Australian Territories but now the independent nation of Papua New Guinea. There is a section below listing these nine VC recipients.
Those recipients awarded posthumously, that is, following their death, are indicated with a red poppy.
- Photo of VC recipients who paraded in the ANZAC Day March in Melbourne, 1927.
- Photo of VC recipients who paraded in the ANZAC Day March in Sydney, 1938.
- The Victoria Cross, The Shrine of Remembrance, Melbourne.
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The Warrant
The original Royal Warrant of 1856 was silent on whether the VC could be awarded posthumously. Between 1857 and 1897, eighteen recipients were gazetted after their deaths but only 12 of the next of kin received the actual medal; in the other six cases there was a memorandum stating that they would have been recommended for the VC had they survived. By 1899, the precedent had been established that the VC could be awarded posthumously if the recommendation for the award was submitted prior to the recipient’s death from wounds; two such awards were granted during the Second Boer War. In a partial reversal of policy, it was announced in 1902 that the next of kin of three soldiers mentioned in memoranda would be sent medals. In 1907, the posthumous policy was reversed and medals were sent to the next of kin of the remaining six officers and men. Although the VC warrant was not amended to specifically include posthumous awards until 1920, one quarter of all awards for the First World War were posthumous.
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Australian Victoria Cross recipients arranged by State
New South Wales
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31 VC recipients have been New South Welshmen. |
Images | Name | Birth | Death | Resting place | Date VC granted | Post- humous award | VC location | Notes |
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![]() | Charles Groves Wright Anderson VC MC | 12 Feb 1897 Port Elizabeth, Cape Province | 11 Nov 1988 Red Hill, ACT | Norwood Park Memorial Gardens, Mitchell, ACT | 13 Feb 1942 | - | Australian War Memorial, Canberra | oldest Aussie VC recipient at 45yo |
![]() | Alexander Henry Buckley VC | 22 Jul 1891 Gulargambone, NSW | 1 Sep 1918 Somme, France | Peronne Communal British Cemetery, France | 23 May 1919 | ![]() | Australian War Memorial, Canberra | last WW1 Australian VC recipient |
![]() | Patrick Joseph Bugden VC | 17 Mar 1897 South Gundurimba, Lismore, NSW | 28 Sep 1917 Ypres, Belgium | Hooge Crater Cemetery, Passchendaele, Flanders | 23 Nov 1917 | ![]() | Queensland Museum, South Bank, South Brisbane | - |
![]() | George Cartwright VC | 9 Dec 1894 South Kensington, England | 2 Feb 1978 Gordon, NSW | - | 13 Dec 1918 | - | Imperial War Museum, London | - |
![]() | Claud Castleton VC | 12 Apr 1893 Kirkey, Lowestoft, England | 29 Jul 1916 Pozières, France | Pozières British Military Cemetery, France | 22 Jun 1915 | ![]() | Australian War Memorial, Canberra | first NSW VC recipient of WW1 |
![]() | Albert Edward Chowne VC MM | 19 Jul 1920 Balmain, NSW | 25 Mar 1945 Dagua, New Guinea | Lae War Cemetery, Lae, PNG | 6 Sep 1945 | ![]() | Australian War Memorial, Canberra | - |
![]() | William Matthew Currey VC | 19 Sep 1895 Wallsend, NSW | 30 Apr 1948 Bexley, NSW | Woronora Memorial Park, Sutherland, NSW | 14 Dec 1918 | - | Australian War Memorial, Canberra | first VC recipient to sit in NSW Parliament |
![]() | Arthur Roden Cutler VC AK KCMG KCVO CBE KStJ | 24 May 1916 Manly, NSW | 21 Feb 2002 Sydney, NSW | South Head Cemetery, Vaucluse, NSW | 28 Nov 1941 | - | Australian War Memorial, Canberra | was longest-serving Governor of NSW 1966-81 |
![]() | Mark Gregor Strang Donaldson VC | 1979 Waratah, NSW | living | - | 16 Jan 2009 | - | Australian War Memorial, Canberra | first recipient of the VC for Australia |
![]() | John Hurst Edmondson VC | 8 Oct 1914 Wagga Wagga, NSW | 14 Apr 1941 Tobruk, Libya | Tobruk War Cemetery, Tobruk, Libya | 1 Jul 1941 | ![]() | Australian War Memorial, Canberra | first Australian to receive the VC in WW2 |
![]() | Arthur Charles Hall VC | 11 Aug 1896 Granville, NSW | 25 Feb 1978 Nyngan, NSW | West Bogan Anglican Cemetery, Coolabah, NSW | 14 Dec 1918 | - | Australian War Memorial, Canberra | - |
![]() | John Patrick Hamilton VC | 24 Jan 1896 Orange, NSW | 27 Feb 1961 | Woronora Memorial Park, Sutherland, NSW | 15 Oct 1915 | - | Australian War Memorial, Canberra | - |
![]() | George Julian 'Snowy' Howell VC MM | 19 Nov 1893 Enfield, NSW | 23 Dec 1964 Hollywood, WA | Karrakatta Cemetery, Western Australia | 27 Jun 1917 | - | Australian War Memorial, Canberra | - |
![]() | Sir Neville Reginald Howse VC | 26 Oct 1863 Stogursey, Somerset, England | 19 Sep 1930 London, England | Kensal Green Cemetery, London, England | 4 Jun 1901 | - | Australian War Memorial, Canberra | first New South Welshman to receive the VC |
![]() | John William Alexander 'Bill' Jackson VC | 13 Sep 1897 Gunbar, via Hay, NSW | 4 Aug 1959 Heidelberg, Victoria | Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Victoria | Jul 1916 | - | private Australian collector | youngest Aussie VC recipient; 18yrs 10mths |
![]() | Clarence Smith Jeffries VC | 26 Oct 1894 Wallsend, NSW | 12 Oct 1917 Passchendaele, Flanders, Belgium | Tyne Cot Cemetery, Flanders, Belgium | 18 Dec 1917 | ![]() | Warriors Chapel, Christ Church Cathedral, Newcastle | - |
![]() | Thomas James Bede Kenny VC | 29 Sep 1896 Paddington, NSW | 15 Apr 1953 Concord, NSW | Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park, Matraville, NSW | 8 Jun 1917 | - | Australian War Memorial, Canberra | - |
![]() | Leonard Maurice Keyzor VC | 3 Nov 1885 Maida Vale, London, England | 12 Oct 1951 London, England | London, England | 15 Oct 1915 | - | Australian War Memorial, Canberra | - |
![]() | John Bernard 'Jack' Mackey VC | 16 May 1922 Leichhardt, NSW | 12 May 1945 Tarakan, Borneo | Labuan War Cemetery, Borneo | 6 Nov 1945 | ![]() | Australian War Memorial, Canberra | - |
![]() | Joseph Maxwell VC DCM MC & Bar | 10 Feb 1896 Forest Lodge, NSW | 6 Jul 1967 Matraville, NSW | Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park, Matraville, NSW | 6 Jan 1919 | - | Australian War Memorial, Canberra | second-most decorated WW1 soldier |
![]() | Rawdon Hume 'Ron' Middleton VC | 22 Jul 1916 Waverley, NSW | 29 Nov 1942 English Channel | St John's churchyard, Mildenhall, Suffolk | 12 Jan 1943 | ![]() | Australian War Memorial, Canberra | - |
![]() | Richard Leslie 'Dick' Norden VC | 24 Aug 1948 Gundagai, NSW | 30 Oct 1972 Canberra ACT | Canberra Cemetery | 11 Nov 2024 | ![]() | tba | - |
![]() | Frank John Partridge VC | 29 Nov 1924 Grafton, NSW | 23 Mar 1964 Bellingen, NSW | Macksville Cemetery, NSW | 22 Jan 1946 | - | Australian War Memorial, Canberra | first Australian Militiaman to receive the VC |
![]() | Reginald Roy Rattey VC | 28 Mar 1917 Barmedman, NSW | 10 Jan 1986 West Wyalong, NSW | West Wyalong Lawn Cemetery, NSW | 24 Jul 1945 | - | held privately | - |
![]() | James Rogers VC | 4 Jul 1873 Moama, NSW | 28 Oct 1961 Sydney, NSW | Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Victoria | 18 Apr 1902 | - | Australian War Memorial, Canberra | - |
![]() | Edward John Francis Ryan VC | 9 Feb 1890 Tumut, NSW | 3 Jun 1941 Melbourne, Victoria | Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Victoria | 24 Dec 1918 | - | Australian War Memorial, Canberra | - |
![]() | Alfred John Shout VC MC | 8 Aug 1882 Wellington, New Zealand | 11 Aug 1915 Gallipoli | buried at sea | 11 Aug 1915 | ![]() | Australian War Memorial, Canberra | - |
![]() | Rayene Stewart 'Ray' Simpson VC DCM | 16 Feb 1926 Chippendale, NSW | 18 Oct 1978 Tokyo, Japan | Yokohama War Cemetery, Japan | 26 Aug 1969 | - | Australian War Memorial, Canberra | - |
![]() | Percy Valentine Storkey VC | 9 Sep 1893 Napier, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand | 3 Oct 1969 Teddington, Middlesex, England | South West Middlesex Crematorium, England | 4 Jun 1918 | - | QEII Army Memorial Museum, Waiouru, NZ | - |
![]() | Blair Anderson Wark VC DSO | 27 Jul 1894 Bathurst, NSW | 13 Jun 1941 Puckapunyal, Victoria | Woronora Memorial Park, Sutherland, NSW | 24 Dec 1918 | - | Queensland Museum, South Bank, South Brisbane | - |
![]() | Kevin Arthur 'Dasher' Wheatley VC | 13 Mar 1937 Surrey Hills, NSW | 13 Nov 1965 South Vietnam | Pinegrove Memorial Park, Minchinbury, NSW | 15 Dec 1966 | ![]() | Australian War Memorial, Canberra | first Australian to be awarded the VC in Vietnam |
Queensland
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Queensland has provided Australia with seven VC recipients. |
Images | Name | Birth | Death | Resting place | Date VC granted | Post- humous award | VC location | Notes |
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![]() | Henry 'Harry' Dalziel VC | 18 Feb 1893 Irvinebank, Mareeba, Qld | 24 Jul 1965 Greenslopes, Qld | Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens, Qld | 16 Aug 1918 | - | Australian War Memorial, Canberra | 1,000th VC to be awarded and Qld's 2nd WWI recipient |
![]() | John 'Jack' French VC | 15 Jul 1914 Crows Nest, Qld | 4 Sep 1942 Milne Bay, Papua | Bomana War Cemetery, Port Moresby, PNG | 12 Jan 1943 | ![]() | medal is being auctioned in 2023 | Qld's first WW2 VC recipient |
![]() | Daniel Alan Keighran VC | 1983 Nambour, Qld | living | - | 2 Nov 2012 | - | Australian War Memorial, Canberra | Queensland's most recent VC recipient |
![]() | Richard Kelliher VC | 1 Sep 1910 Ballybeggan, Ireland | 28 Jan 1963 Heidelberg, Vic | Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Vic | 28 Dec 1943 | - | Australian War Memorial, Canberra | Qld's second & final WW2 VC recipient |
![]() | John Leak VC | c1896 Portsmouth, Hampshire, Eng | 30 Oct 1972 Redmond Park, SA | Stirling Cemetery, Aldgate, SA | 9 Sep 1916 | - | medal is held privately | Queensland's first VC recipient |
![]() | Keith Payne VC AM | 1933 Ingham, Qld | living | - | 19 Sep 1969 | - | Australian War Memorial, Canberra | last Australian to receive the Imperial VC |
![]() | Edgar Thomas Towner VC MC | 19 Apr 1890 Blackall, Qld | 18 Aug 1972 Longreach, Qld | Longreach Cemetery, Qld | 13 Dec 1918 | - | medal is held privately | Queensland's third & final WWI VC recipient |
South Australia
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Nine VC recipients have been South Australians. |
Images | Name | Birth | Death | Resting place | Date VC granted | Post- humous award | VC location | Notes |
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![]() | Peter Badcoe VC . W® | 11 Jan 1934 Malvern, SA | 7 Apr 1967 An Thuan, Hương Trà District, South Vietnam | Terendak Military Cemetery, Malaysia | 17 Oct 1967 | ![]() | Australian War Memorial, Canberra | South Australia's last VC recipient |
![]() | Arthur Seaforth Blackburn VC CMG . W® | 25 Nov 1892 Woodville, SA | 24 Nov 1960 Crafers, SA | West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide, SA | 9 Sep 1916 | - | Australian War Memorial, Canberra | South Australia's first VC recipient |
![]() | Phillip Davey VC MM . W® | 10 Oct 1896 Unley, SA | 21 Dec 1953 Daw Park, SA | West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide, SA | 17 Aug 1918 | - | Australian War Memorial, Canberra | - |
![]() | Thomas Currie 'Diver' Derrick VC DCM . W® | 20 Mar 1914 Medindie, SA | 24 May 1945 Tarakan Island, Borneo | Labuan War Cemetery, Borneo | 21 Mar 1944 | ![]() | Australian War Memorial, Canberra | arguably Australia's bravest soldier |
![]() | Reginald Roy Inwood VC . W® | 14 Jul 1890 North Adelaide, SA | 23 Oct 1971 Saint Peters, SA | West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide, SA | 23 Nov 1917 | - | Adelaide Town Hall, SA | - |
![]() | Jørgen Christian Jensen VC . W® | 15 Jan 1891 Løgstør, Ålborg, Denmark | 31 May 1922 Adelaide, SA | West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide, SA | 8 Jun 1917 | - | Australian War Memorial, Canberra | - |
![]() | William Henry 'Bill' Kibby VC . W® | 15 Apr 1903 Winlaton, Durham, England | 31 Oct 1942 El Alamein, Egypt | El Alamein War Cemetery | 26 Jan 1943 | ![]() | Australian War Memorial, Canberra | South Australia's first WWII recipient |
![]() | Arthur Percy Sullivan VC W® | 27 Nov 1896 Crystal Brook, SA | 9 Apr 1937 Westminster, London, England | Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens, NSW | 29 Sep 1919 | - | Australian War Memorial, Canberra | ![]() |
![]() | Lawrence Carthage Weathers VC W® | 14 May 1890 Te Kopuru, New Zealand | 29 Sep 1918 St Germain-en-Laye, France | Unicorn Cemetery, Vendhuile, Northern France | 26 Dec 1918 | ![]() | private collector | South Australia's last WWI recipient |
Tasmania
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Eleven VC recipients have hailed from Tasmania. |
Images | Name | Birth | Death | Resting place | Date VC granted | Post- humous award | VC location | Notes |
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![]() | Cameron Stewart Baird VC MG | 7 Jun 1981 Burnie, Tasmania | 22 Jun 2013 Khod Valley, Uruzgan, Afghanistan | Burnie Cemetery, Tasmania | 18 Feb 2014 | ![]() | Australian War Memorial, Canberra | most recent Australian VC recipient |
![]() | John Hutton Bisdee VC OBE . W® | 28 Sep 1869 Hutton Park, Tasmania | 14 Jan 1930 Tranquillity, Tasmania | - | 16 Nov 1900 | - | Australian War Memorial, Canberra | first Australian soldier to receive the VC |
![]() | Walter Brown VC DCM . W® | 3 Jul 1885 New Norfolk, Tasmania | 28 Feb 1942 Singapore | Kranji War Cemetery, Singapore | 17 Aug 1918 | - | Australian War Memorial, Canberra | died as POW or KIA in WW2 |
![]() | John James Dwyer VC . W® | 9 Mar 1890 Port Cygnet, Tasmania | 17 Jan 1962 Bruny Island, Tasmania | Cornelian Bay Cemetery, Tas | 23 Nov 1917 | - | Australian War Memorial, Canberra | - |
![]() | Bernard Sidney Gordon VC MM | 16 Aug 1891 Launceston, Tasmania | 19 Oct 1963 Torquay, Queensland | Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens, Holland Park, Qld | 26 Dec 1918 | - | Australian War Memorial, Canberra | Tasmania's last WWI recipient |
![]() | Stanley Robert McDougall VC MM | 23 Jul 1889 Recherche Bay, Tasmania | 7 Jul 1968 Scottsdale, Tasmania | Norwood Park Crematorium, Mitchell, ACT | 3 May 1918 | - | Australian War Memorial, Canberra | - |
![]() | Lewis McGee VC | 13 May 1888 Campbell Town, Tasmania | 12 Oct 1917 Passchendaele, Belgium | Tyne Cot Cemetery, Passchendaele, Belgium | 26 Nov 1917 | ![]() | VC is held privately | - |
![]() | Edward 'Teddy' Sheean VC | 28 Dec 1923 Lower Barrington, Tasmania | 1 Dec 1942 Arafura Sea, Netherlands East Indies | Plymouth Naval Memorial | 12 Aug 2020 | ![]() | Australian War Memorial, Canberra | only Royal Australian Navy recipient of the VC |
![]() | Percy Clyde Statton VC MM | 21 Oct 1890 Beaconsfield, Tasmania | 5 Dec 1959 Hobart, Tasmania | Cornelian Bay Cemetery, Tas | 27 Sep 1918 | - | Australian War Memorial, Canberra | - |
![]() | John Woods Whittle VC DCM | 3 Aug 1882 Huon Island, Tasmania | 2 Mar 1946 Glebe, NSW | Rookwood Cemetery, NSW | 8 Jun 1917 | - | Australian War Memorial, Canberra | Tasmania's first WWI recipient |
![]() | Guy George Egerton Wylly VC CB DSO . W® | 17 Feb 1880 Hobart, Tasmania | 9 Jan 1962 Camberley, Surrey, England | Woking Crematorium, Surrey, England | 23 Nov 1900 | - | Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart | served in British Indian army until 1933 |
Victoria
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Victoria has produced 26 Australian VC recipients.[6][7] |
Images | Name | Birth | Death | Resting place | Date VC granted | Post- humous award | VC location | Notes |
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![]() | Robert Matthew Beatham VC . W® | 16 Jun 1894 England | 11 Aug 1918 Rosières, Oise, Picardie, France | Heath Cemetery, Harbonnières, France | 14 Dec 1918 | ![]() | held in private collection | - |
![]() | Frederick Birks VC MM . W® | 16 Aug 1894 Buckley, Flintshire, Wales | 21 Sep 1917 Ypres, West Flanders, Belgium | Perth War Cemetery, Ypres, Belgium | 6 Nov 1917 | ![]() | Australian War Memorial, Canberra | - |
![]() | Albert Charles Borella VC MM . W® | 7 Aug 1881 Borung, Victoria | 7 Feb 1968 Albury, New South Wales | Presbyterian Cemetery, North Albury, NSW | 16 Sep 1918 | - | VC is held privately | - |
![]() | Maurice Vincent Buckley VC DCM . W® | 13 Apr 1891 Upper Hawthorn, Victoria | 27 Jan 1921 Boolarra, Victoria | Brighton Cemetery, Victoria | 14 Dec 1918 | - | Australian War Memorial, Canberra | enlisted as Gerald Sexton |
![]() | Alexander Stewart Burton VC . W® | 20 Jan 1893 Kyneton, Victoria | 9 Aug 1915 Gallipoli, Turkey | Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli | 15 Oct 1915 | ![]() | Australian War Memorial, Canberra | - |
![]() | Percy Herbert Cherry VC MC . W® | 4 Jun 1895 Drysdale, Victoria | 27 Mar 1917 Lagnicourt, France | Quéant, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France | 11 May 1917 | ![]() | Australian War Memorial, Canberra | - |
![]() | Thomas Cooke VC . W® | 5 Jul 1881 Kaikoura, New Zealand | 25 Jul 1916 Pozieres, Somme, France | no known grave | 9 Sep 1916 | ![]() | QEII Army Memorial Museum, Waiouru, NZ | - |
![]() | William Thomas Dartnell VC | 6 Apr 1885 Collingwood, Victoria | 3 Sep 1915 Maktau, British East Africa (Kenya) | Voi Cemetery, British East Africa | 23 Dec 1915 | ![]() | Australian War Memorial, Canberra | serving with 25th (Frontiersmen) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, British Army |
![]() | William Dunstan VC . W® | 8 Mar 1895 Ballarat, Victoria | 2 Mar 1957 Caulfield, Victoria | Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Victoria | 15 Oct 1915 | - | Australian War Memorial, Canberra | - |
![]() | Robert Cuthbert Grieve VC . W® | 19 Jun 1889 Brighton, Victoria | 4 Oct 1957 Melbourne, Victoria | Springvale Cemetery, Victoria | 31 Jul 1917 | - | Shrine of Remembrance, Melbourne | first VC awarded to an Aussie in Belgium |
![]() | George Mawby Ingram VC MM . W® | 18 Mar 1889 Bagshot, Victoria | 30 Jun 1961 Hastings, Victoria | Frankston Cemetery, Victoria | 6 Jan 1919 | - | Australian War Memorial, Canberra | - |
![]() | Albert Jacka VC MC & Bar . W® | 10 Jan 1893 Winchelsea, Victoria | 17 Jan 1932 Victoria | St Kilda Cemetery, Victoria | 24 Jul 1915 | - | Australian War Memorial, Canberra | first Aussie to receive the VC in the WW1 |
![]() | William Donovan Joynt VC . W® | 19 Mar 1889 Elsternwick, Victoria | 5 May 1986 Windsor, Victoria | Brighton General Cemetery, Victoria | 26 Nov 1918 | - | Melbourne Grammar School | - |
![]() | Edward Kenna VC . W® | 6 Jul 1919 Hamilton, Victoria | 8 Jul 2009 Geelong, Victoria | Hamilton Lawn Cemetery, Victoria | 6 Sep 1945 | - | Ted's medals are held privately | last Victorian to receive the VC |
![]() | Bruce Steel Kingsbury VC . W® | 8 Jan 1918 Preston, Victoria | 29 Aug 1942 Isurava, Papua | Bomana Cemetery, Port Moresby, PNG | 5 Feb 1943 | ![]() | Australian War Memorial, Canberra | first VC awarded on Australian territory |
![]() | Albert David 'Alby' Lowerson VC . W® | 2 Aug 1896 Myrtleford, Victoria | 15 Dec 1945 Myrtleford, Victoria | Myrtleford Cemetery, Victoria | 14 Dec 1918 | - | Australian War Memorial, Canberra | - |
![]() | Frank Hubert McNamara VC CB OBE . W® | 4 Apr 1894 Rushworth, Victoria | 2 Nov 1961 St Gerrard's, Bucks, England | unknown | 8 Jun 1917 | - | RAF Museum, London, England | - |
![]() | Robert MacTier VC . W® | 17 May 1890 Tatura, Victoria | 1 Sep 1918 Mont St Quentin, France | Hem Farm Military Cemetery, Péronne, France | 13 Dec 1918 | ![]() | Australian War Memorial, Canberra | - |
![]() | Edgar Leslie Cecil Willis Walker Maygar VC [. W® | 27 May 1868 Kilmore, Victoria | 31 Oct 1917 Beersheba, Israel | Beersheba War Cemetery, Israel | 11 Feb 1902 | ![]() | Australian War Memorial, Canberra | first Victorian to receive the VC |
![]() | Rupert Theo Vance 'Mick' Moon VC . W® | 14 Aug 1892 Bacchus Marsh, Victoria | 28 Feb 1986 Barwon Heads, Victoria | Mount Duneed Cemetery, Victoria | 12 Jun 1917 | - | Australian War Memorial, Canberra | - |
![]() | James Ernest Newland VC MSM . W® | 22 Aug 1881 Highton, Victoria | 19 Mar 1949 Caulfield, Victoria | Brighton General Cemetery, Victoria | 8 Jun 1917 | - | Australian War Memorial, Canberra | oldest Aussie VC recipient of WW1 |
![]() | William Ellis Newton VC W® | 8 Jun 1919 St Kilda, Victoria | 29 Mar 1943 Salamaua, Papua | Lae War Cemetery, PNG | 19 Oct 1943 | ![]() | Australian War Memorial, Canberra | only Australian airman to receive VC for action in the SWP theatre of WW2 |
![]() | Samuel George Pearse VC MM W® | 16 Jul 1897 Penarth, Glamorgan, Wales | 29 Aug 1919 Emtsa, Russia | Obozerskay, Emtsa, Archangel | 23 Oct 1919 | ![]() | Australian War Memorial, Canberra | remains repatriated to Australia Sep 2019 |
![]() | Walter Peeler VC BEM W® | 9 Aug 1887 Barker's Creek, Victoria | 23 May 1968 Caulfield South, Victoria | Brighton General Cemetery, Victoria | 26 Nov 1917 | - | Australian War Memorial, Canberra | inaugural custodian of Melbourne's Shrine of Remembrance 1934-1961 |
![]() | William Ruthven VC W® | 21 May 1893 Collingwood, Victoria | 12 Jan 1970 Heidelberg, Victoria | uncertain, Victoria | 11 Jul 1918 | - | Australian War Memorial, Canberra | - |
![]() | William John Symons VC OBE MM W® | 10 Jul 1889 Eaglehawk, Victoria | 24 Jun 1948 London, England | uncertain | 15 Oct 1915 | - | Australian War Memorial, Canberra | - |
![]() | Frederick Harold Tubb VC W® | 28 Nov 1881 Longwood, Victoria | 20 Sep 1917 West-Vlaanderen, Passchendaele, Belgium | Lijessenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium | 15 Oct 1915 | ![]() | Australian War Memorial, Canberra | - |
Western Australia
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Western Australia has produced seventeen Australian VC recipients. _ _ Return to Contents Western Australia’s 17 Victoria Cross and 2 George Cross recipients . . . Pope p.13-14/44 |
Images | Name | Birth | Death | Resting place | Date VC granted | Post- humous award | VC location | Notes |
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![]() | Thomas Leslie Axford VC MM W® | 18 Jun 1894 Carrieton, South Australia | 11 Oct 1983 in the air over Asia | Karrakatta Crematorium, Western Australia | 13 Sep 1918 | - | Australian War Memorial, Canberra | - |
![]() | Frederick William Bell VC W® | 3 Apr 1875 Perth, Western Australia | 28 Apr 1954 Bristol, England | Canford Cemetery, Bristol, England | 4 Oct 1901 | - | held at WA Museum | first WA-born recipient of the VC |
![]() | John Carroll VC W® | 16 Aug 1891 Brisbane, Queensland | 4 Oct 1971 Perth, Western Australia | Karrakatta Cemetery, Western Australia | 31 Jul 1917 | - | Australian War Memorial, Canberra | - |
![]() | Sir Hughie Idwal Edwards VC KCMG CB DSO OB DFC W® | 1 Aug 1914 Fremantle, Western Australia | 5 Aug 1982 Sydney, New South Wales | Karrakatta Cemetery, Western Australia | 22 Jul 1941 | - | Australian War Memorial, Canberra | Australia's most highly decorated serviceman of WW2; a Governor of WA |
![]() | Alfred Edward Gaby VC W® | 25 Jan 1892 Ringarooma, Tasmania | 11 Aug 1918 Lihons, Somme, France | Heath Cemetery, Harbonnieres, France | 29 Oct 1918 | ![]() | VC is in private hands | - |
![]() | James Hannah (Heather) 'Jim' Gordon VC W® | 7 Mar 1909 Rockingham, Western Australia | 24 Jul 1986 Hollywood, Western Australia | Karrakatta Cemetery, Western Australia | 28 Oct 1941 | - | VC is held privately | - |
![]() | Percival Gratwick VC W® | 19 Oct 1902 Katanning, Western Australia | 26 Oct 1942 El Alamein, Egypt | El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt | 28 Jan 1943 | ![]() | Army Museum of WA, Fremantle, WA | - |
![]() | Arthur Stanley Gurney VC W® | 15 Dec 1908 Day Dawn, Western Australia | 22 Jul 1942 El Alamein, Egypt | El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt | 11 Sep 1942 | ![]() | Australian War Memorial, Canberra | - |
![]() | Lawrence Dominic McCarthy VC W® | 21 Jan 1892 York, Western Australia | 25 May 1975 Melbourne, Victoria | unknown | 13 Dec 1918 | - | Australian War Memorial, Canberra | - |
![]() | Henry William Murray VC CMG DSO & Bar DCM W® | 1 Dec 1880 Evandale, Tasmania | 7 Jan 1966 Miles, Queensland | Mount Thompson Crematorium, Holland Park, Qld | 10 Mar 1917 | - | VC is held privately | Australia's most decorated soldier of WW1 |
![]() | Martin O'Meara VC W® | 6 Nov 1885 Terryglass, County Tipperary, Ireland | 20 Dec 1935 Perth Western Australia | Karrakatta Cemetery, Western Australia | 9 Sep 1916 | - | Army Museum of WA, Fremantle, WA | - |
![]() | Charles Pope VC W® | 5 Mar 1883 London, England | 15 Apr 1917 Louverval, France | Moeuvres Communal Cemetery, France | 8 Jun 1917 | ![]() | Australian War Memorial, Canberra | - |
![]() | Benjamin Roberts-Smith VC MG | 1 Nov 1978 Perth, Western Australia | living | - | 23 Jan 2011 | - | Australian War Memorial, Canberra | last Western Australian to receive the VC |
![]() | Clifford William King Sadlier VC W® | 6 Nov 1892 Camberwell, Victoria | 28 Apr 1964 Busselton, Western Australia | family retains ashes | 11 Jul 1918 | - | St George's Cathedral, Perth | - |
![]() | Leslie Thomas 'Tom' Starcevich VC W® | 5 Sep 1918 at Subiaco, Western Australia | 17 Nov 1989 Esperance, WA | Esperance Public Lawn Cemetery, Esperance, WA | 8 Nov 1945 | - | VC is held privately | - |
![]() | Hugo Vivian Hope Throssell VC W® | 26 Oct 1884 Northam, Western Australia | 19 Nov 1933 Greenmount, Western Australia | Karrakatta Cemetery, Western Australia | 15 Oct 1915 | - | Australian War Memorial, Canberra | first VC awarded to a Western Australian in WW1 |
![]() | James Park Woods VC W® | 4 Jan 1886 Two Wells, South Australia | 18 Jan 1963 Nedlands, Western Australia | Karrakatta Cemetery, WA | 26 Dec 1918 | - | Australian War Memorial, Canberra | - |
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Australian recipients of the Victoria Cross grouped by War (& date of action)
- Second Boer War: 6
- First World War: 64
- North Russia: 2
- Second World War: 20
- Vietnam War: 5
- War on Terror in Afghanistan: 4
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Australian recipients of the Victoria Cross grouped by Rank
- Field officers: LT COL Charles Anderson, LT COL Frederick Bell, LT COL John Bisdee, WG CMD Hughie Edwards, LT COL William Symons, MAJ Peter Badcoe, MAJ Blair Wark, MAJ Frederick Tubb.
- Junior commissioned officers: CAPT Percy Cherry, CAPT Robert Grieve, CAPT Neville Howse, CAPT Albert Jacka, CAPT Clarence Jeffries, CAPT Henry Murray, CAPT James Newland, FLTLT William Newton, CAPT Alfred Shout, CAPT Hugo Throssell, LT Arthur Blackburn, LT Albert Borella, LT Albert Chowne, LT Arthur Roden Cutler, LT William Dartnell, LT William Dunstan, LT Alfred Gaby, LT John Hamilton, LT William Joynt, LT Leonard Keyzor, LT Lawrence McCarthy, LT Frank McNamara, LT Joseph Maxwell, LT Edgar Maygar, LT Rupert 'Mick' Moon, LT Charles Pope, LT James Rogers, LT Clifford Sadlier, LT Percy Storkey, LT Edgar Towner, LT Guy Wylly, 2LT Frederick Birks, 2LT George Ingram, POFF Rawdon 'Ron' Middleton.
- Senior non-commissioned officers: WO2 James Gordon, WO2 Keith Payne, WO2 Ray Simpson, WO2 Kevin 'Dasher' Wheatley, SGT Thomas Axford, SGT Maurice Buckley, SGT Claud Castleton, SGT Thomas 'Diver' Derrick, SGT John Dwyer, SGT William Kibby, Albert Lowerson, SGT Stanley McDougall, SGT Lewis McGee, SGT Samuel Pearse, SGT William Ruthven, SGT Percy Statton, SGT John Whittle.
- Junior non-commissioned officers: CPL Cameron Baird, CPL Walter Brown, CPL Alexander Buckley, CPL Alexander Burton, CPL Philip Davey, CPL John Edmondson, CPL John French, CPL Arthur Hall, CPL George Howell, CPL Reginald Inwood, CPL Jørgen Jensen, CPL Daniel Keighran, CPL John 'Jack' Mackey, CPL Reginald Rattey, CPL Benjamin Roberts-Smith, LCPL Bernard Gordon, LCPL Walter Peeler, LCPL Lawrence Weathers.
- Private: PTE Robert Beatham, PTE Patrick Bugden, PTE John Carroll, PTE George Cartwright, PTE Thomas Cooke, PTE William Currey, PTE Henry Dalziel, TPR Mark Donaldson, PTE Percival Gratwick, PTE Arthur Gurney, PTE John 'Bill' Jackson, PTE Richard Kelliher, PTE Edward Kenna, PTE Thomas Kenny, PTE Bruce Kingsbury, PTE John Leak, PTE Robert MacTier, PTE Martin O'Meara, PTE Richard Norden, PTE Frank Partridge, PTE Edward Ryan, AS Teddy Sheean, PTE Leslie 'Tom' Starcevich, PTE Arthur Sullivan, PTE James Woods.
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Australian-born recipients who attained the Victoria Cross as members of another country's army
Four Australian-born men, who left the country for other British Empire countries, received the Victoria Cross as commissioned officers in the British Army. As such, they ought to be honoured on this page.
- Mark Sever Bell VC CB, Lieutenant (later Colonel), 15 May 1843 Sydney, New South Wales - 26 Jun 1906 Windlesham, Surrey, England. Granted 20 Nov 1874; Battle of Ordashu, Ashanti (now Ghana); Corps of Royal Engineers, British Army. Family returned to England in 1847.
- William Thomas Dartnell VC, Lieutenant, 6 Apr 1885 Collingwood, Victoria – 3 Sep 1915 Maktau, British East Africa (Kenya). Was living in South Africa when the First World War was declared, although his wife and daughter were still in Victoria. He went to England and was commissioned in the British Army. See his entry under Victoria above.
- John Mayman VC, 1870 Timor, Victoria - 30 Sep 1920 Transvaal, South Africa. 1917; German East Africa; General Botha's force. Moved to South Africa before 1911.
- George Raymond Dallas Moor VC MC & Bar, Second Lieutenant, 22 Oct 1896 Saint Kilda, Victoria - 3 Nov 1918 Mouvaux, Nord, France.
Granted 23 Jul 1915; Gallipoli; Royal Hampshire Regiment. Family returned to England c1897.
It is also noted that three Aussie-born men who migrated to the United States of America were subsequently awarded the Medal of Honor:
- William Belpitt MH, Captain of the Afterguard, 3 May 1860 Ryde, New South Wales - 29 November 1912 Sydney, New South Wales. Granted Oct 7, 1884; Fuzhou, China; USS Monocacy.
- Thomas Jenkins MH, Seaman, c1831 - unknown. Granted May 27, 1863; Vicksburg, Mississippi; USS Cincinnati. [8]
- George Evans Stewart MH, Second Lieutenant (later Colonel), 2 Aug 1872 Kiama, New South Wales - March 2, 1946 Portland, Texas. Granted Nov 26, 1899; Philippines; 19th Infantry Regiment US Army.
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Those who 'called Australia home' after receiving the Victoria Cross
Seventeen servicemen who served with other military forces and were awarded the Victoria Cross afterwards made Australia home, passing away in this country. We don't list these brave men here to 'claim' them in any way but to recognise their excellent contribution to attaining peace.
Images | Name | Birth | Death | Resting place | Date VC granted | When migrated | VC location | Notes |
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![]() | Thomas Caldwell VC . W® | 10 Feb 1894 Carluke, South Lanarkshire, Scotland | 6 Jun 1969 Adelaide, South Australia | Centennial Park Cemetery, Pasadena, South Australia | 3 Jan 1919 | to Adelaide, South Australia after 1929 | Museum of The Royal Highland Fusiliers, Glasgow | - |
![]() | Arthur Evans VC (under alias of Walter Simpson) . W® | 8 Apr 1891 Liverpool, England | 1 Nov 1936 Sydney, New South Wales | Lytham Park Cemetery, Lytham Saint Annes, Lancashire | 30 Oct 1918 | to New South Wales, Australia after WW1 | - | - |
![]() | Robert Gee VC MC . W® | 7 May 1870 Leicester, Leicestershire, England | 2 Aug 1960 Perth, Western Australia | Karrakatta Cemetery, Western Australia | 8 Jan 1918 | to Western Australia in 1927 | Royal Fusiliers Museum, Tower of London, England | was 47yo when granted the VC |
![]() | James Gorman VC . W® | 21 Aug 1834 Islington, London, England | 18 Oct 1882 Spectacle Island, Parramatta River, New South Wales | Old Balmain Cemetery, Leichhardt, New South Wales | 24 Feb 1857 | to New South Wales in 1863 | - | - |
![]() | Thomas Grady VC DCM . W® | 18 Sep 1835 Claddagh, County Galway, Ireland | 18 May 1891 St Kilda, Victoria | Melbourne General Cemetery, Carlton, Victoria | 18 Oct 1854 | to Victoria in 1866 via WA in 1862 | Australian War Memorial, Canberra | presented at the first investiture by Queen Victoria, 26 Jun 1857 |
![]() | Charles Heaphy VC . W® | 1820 London, England | 3 Aug 1881 Brisbane, Queensland | Brisbane General Cemetery, Toowong | 8 Feb 1867 | to Queensland May 1881 | - | first NZ (moved there in 1839) VC recipient & only one for action in NZ |
![]() | Alfred Spencer Heathcote VC . W® | 29 Mar 1832 London, England | 21 February 1912 Bowral, New South Wales | Bowral General Cemetery, New South Wales | 20 Jan 1860 | moved to Queensland in 1863 and NSW in 1871 | Victoria Barracks, Paddington, New South Wales | first NSW Military Force unit commander in 1871 |
![]() | John Vincent Holland VC . W® | 19 Jul 1889 Athy, County Kildare, Ireland | 27 Feb 1975 New Town, Tasmania | Cornelian Bay Cemetery, Newtown, Tasmania | 26 Oct 1916 | to Tasmania, Australia in 1956 | - | - |
![]() | Frederick William Holmes VC, . W® | Sep 1889 Bermondsey, Southwark, England | 22 Oct 1969 Port Augusta, South Australia | Stirling North Garden Cemetery, Port Augusta | 24 Nov 1914 | to South Australia in 1960 | - | - |
![]() | Michael Magner VC . W® | 21 Jun 1840 County Fermanagh, Ireland | 1897 Melbourne, Victoria | Melbourne General Cemetery, Carlton, Victoria | - | to Tasmania, then Victoria, about 1885 | Museum of Victoria, Carlton Gardens, Victoria | - |
![]() | William Napier VC . W® | 20 Aug 1827 Bingly, Yorkshire, England | 2 Jun 1908 Rochester, Victoria | Bendigo Cemetery, Bendigo, Victoria | 24 Dec 1858 | to Victoria in 1863 | Somerset Military Museum, Taunton, Somerset, England | - |
![]() | Timothy O’Hea VC . W® | 1843 Skull, County Cork, Ireland | Nov 1874 Sturt’s Desert, Queensland | Nockatunga Station, far west Queensland | 7 Jan 1867 | to Victoria in 1863 | Prince Consort’s Own Rifle Brigade Museum, Winchester, England | only VC awarded for service within Canada |
![]() | John Paton VC . W® | 23 Dec 1833 Stirling, Scotland | 1 Apr 1914 Summer Hill, New South Wales | Rookwood Cemetery, New South Wales | 24 Dec 1858 | to New South Wales in 1861 | Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders Museum, Stirling Castle, Scotland | - |
![]() | Issy Smith VC, . W® | 18 Sep 1890 Alexandria, Egypt | 11 Sep 1940 Melbourne, Victoria | Fawkner Jewish Cemetery, Victoria | 20 Aug 1915 | to Victoria in 1925 | - | - |
![]() | Sir Nevill Maskylyne Smyth VC . W® | 14 Aug 1826 Westminster, London | 18 Jul 1941 Balmoral, Victoria | Balmoral Cemetery, Victoria | 15 Nov 1898 | to Victoria in 1925 | privately held | - |
![]() | Richard Been Stannard VC DSO RD RNR . W® | 21 Aug 1902 Blyth, Northumberland, England | 22 Jul 1977 Sydney, New South Wales | Rookwood Crematorium, New South Wales | 16 Aug 1940 | to New South Wales in 1955 | privately held | - |
![]() | Frederick Whirlpool VC (born Humphrey James) . W® | 17 Jul 1831 Dundalk, Ireland | 24 Jun 1899 Windsor, New South Wales | Presbyterian Cemetery, South Windsor, NSW | 21 Oct 1859 | to Victoria in 1859, then Tasmania and finally New South Wales | Australian War Memorial, Canberra | first public presentation in Australia of a VC |
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Victoria Cross recipients awarded for gallantry within Australia
Nine VC Recipients during the Second World War did so for gallantry in the face of the enemy whilst on Australian soil. The two territories of Papua and New Guinea became the nation of Papua New Guinea in 1975, but from 1942 to 1945 they were Australian territories:
- Bruce Kingsbury VC, 29 Aug 1942, Isurava, Papua
- John French VC, 4 Sep 1942, Milne Bay, Papua
- William Newton VC, 16 Mar 1943, Salamaua, New Guinea
- Richard Kelliher VC, 13 Sep 1943, Nadzab, New Guinea
- Thomas "Diver" Derrick VC DCM, 24 Nov 1943, Sattelberg, New Guinea
- Reginald Rattey VC, 22 Mar 1945, Bouganinville, New Guinea
- Albert Chowne VC MM, 25 Mar 1945, Dagua, New Guinea
- Edward Kenna VC, 15 May 1945, Wewak, New Guinea
- Frank Partridge VC, 24 Jul 1945, Bougainville, New Guinea
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Additional Victoria Cross recipients associated with Australia
Samuel Mitchell VC was a Royal Navy Petty Officer stationed in Melbourne, Victoria when his ship was despatched to the Maori Wars in New Zealand. There, he performed gallant actions that reseulted in the awarding of the Victoria Cross. The presentation was made in Government House, Sydney, New South Wales on 24th September 1864. He migrated to New Zealand the following year when his enlistment term expired.
The VC medal of Norman Douglas Holbrook VC (1888-1976), awarded in December 1914 when a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy, is on display at the Australia War Memorial, Canberra. Holbrook was the first submariner to be awarded the VC and it was the first naval VC gazetted in the First World War. The New South Wales Riverina town of Germanton was re-named Holbrook in 1915 in his honour.
From 1936 to 1944, the ninth Governor General of Australia, Right Honourable Sir Alexander Hore Ruthven, Baron Gowrie VC (later the first Earl of Gowrie), wore his Victoria Cross awarded in 1898 during the Egyptian War; as he had done whilst Governor of South Australia from 1928 to 1935 and Governor of New South Wales 1935-36.
Group Captain Leonard Henry Trent VC DFC received the Victoria Cross on 16th August 1940 as a Royal Air Force pilot commanding a New Zealand Squadron. When he retired from the RAF in 1965, he took a executive position in Perth, Western Australia with MacRobertson Miller Airlines (then a division of Ansett Transport Industries ), retiring home to New Zealand in 1977. After his death, in Auckland, his ashes were interred with his daughter, who had died whilst the family lived in WA, at Fremantle Cemetery, Western Australia.
VC recipients who have also been awarded other gallantry awards
35 – more than one in three Australian VC recipients – stand out as our most gallant having received multiple gallantry awards:
- Charles Anderson Victoria Cross and Military Cross
- Thomas Axford Victoria Cross and Military Medal
- Cameron Baird Victoria Cross for Australia and Medal of Gallantry
- Frederick Birks Victoria Cross and Military Medal
- John Bisdee Victoria Cross and Mention in Despatches
- Albert Borella Victoria Cross, Military Medal and Mention in Despatches – 3 gallantry awards
- Walter Brown Victoria Cross and Distinguished Conduct Medal
- Maurice Buckley Victoria Cross and Distinguished Conduct Medal
- Percy Cherry Victoria Cross and Military Cross
- Albert Chowne Victoria Cross and Military Medal
- Philip Davey Victoria Cross and Military Medal
- Thomas Derrick Victoria Cross and Distinguished Conduct Medal
- William Dunstan Victoria Cross and Mention in Despatches
- Bernard Gordon Victoria Cross and Military Medal
- George Howell Victoria Cross and Military Medal
- Neville Howse Victoria Cross and Mention in Despatches
- George Ingram Victoria Cross and Military Medal
- Albert Jacka Victoria Cross and Military Cross & Bar
- Jerry McDougall Victoria Cross and Military Medal
- Joseph Maxwell Victoria Cross, Distinguished Conduct Medal and Military Cross & Bar – 4 gallantry awards – a first level, second level and two third level gallantry awards
- Leslie Maygar Victoria Cross, Companion of Distinguished Service Order and Mention in Despatches – 3 gallantry awards
- Harry Murray Victoria Cross, Distinguished Conduct Medal, Companion of the Distinguished Service Order & Bar, Mention in Despatches – 5 gallantry awards – gallantry awards in each of the first, second, third and fourth level awards
- James Newland Victoria Cross and Mention in Despatches
- Samuel Pearse Victoria Cross and Military Medal
- Ray Simpson Victoria Cross and Distinguished Conduct Medal
- Ben Roberts-Smith Victoria Cross for Australia and Medal of Gallantry
- James Rogers Victoria Cross and Mention in Despatches
- Alfred Shout Victoria Cross, Military Cross and Mention in Despatches – 3 gallantry awards
- Percy Statton Victoria Cross and Military Medal
- Edgar Towner Victoria Cross, Military Cross and Mention in Despatches – 3 gallantry awards
- Blair Wark Victoria Cross, Companion of the Distinguished Service Order and Mention in Despatches – 3 gallantry awards
- John Whittle Victoria Cross and Distinguished Conduct Medal
- George Wylly Victoria Cross, Companion of the Distinguished Service Order and Mention in Despatches – 3 gallantry awards
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Links
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VWMA Virtual War Memorial | VWMA Virtual : N M Name
WWI Embarkation Rolls | WWII Nominal Roll |
New South Wales Links: |
Queensland Links: |
South Australia Links: | RSLSA Home. | | SA Memorial
Tasmania Links: | RSLtas Home. | | Tas Cenotaph | Soldiers Memorial Avenue
Victoria Links: | RSLVIC Home. | Shrine of Remembrance | Rolls of Honour | ANZAC Cenotaph | Ballarat's Avenue of Honour | Arch and Avenue 1917 and Brochure
Western Australia Links:| RSLWA Home. | | State War Memorial
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Sources
- ↑ defence.gov Australian Defence Force
- ↑ wikipedia.org Wikipedia VC Recipients
- ↑ Australian First World War recipients
- ↑ Australian Second World War recipients
- ↑ Wigmore, Lionel. They Dared Mightily, Second Edition. Australian War Memorial, Canberra, 1986
- ↑ Victoria's VC's
- ↑ Victoria's Anzac Home
- ↑ Wikipedia: Thomas jenkins; accessed 8 Sep 2024
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Further reading
- Arthur, Max. Symbol of Courage: Men behind the Medal. Pan Books, 2005. ISBN 978-0-330-49133-4.
- Ashcroft, Michael. Victoria Cross Heroes. Headline Book Publishing, 2006. ISBN 0-7553-1632-0.
- Blanch, Craig and Pegram, Aaron. For Valour: Australians awarded the Victoria Cross. New South Publishing, Sydney NSW, 2018. ISBN 978 17422 35424.
- Crook, M J. The Evolution of the Victoria Cross. Midas Books, 1975. ISBN 0-85936-041-5.
- Foster, Jason K, ed. A Century of ANZACs. New Holland Publishers, Chatswood, NSW, 2018. ISBN 978-17425-73175.
- Wigmore, Lionel. They Dared Mightily, second edition. Australian War Memorial, Canberra, 1986.
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