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The Victoria Cross (VC) is a military decoration awarded for valour "in the presence of the
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postnominals and Australian orders and decorations. The Victoria Cross was instituted by
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collector's item, with one medal being sold for over A$1 million at auction.[2] Australians have currently holds 66 VCs.

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Australia has been awarded four times: twice to Special Air Service Regiment members, once to a member of the 6th Battalion, Royal
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Australian Regiment, and a posthumous award to a member of the 2nd Commando Regiment. All four were for actions in the War in
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Special pages The Imperial Victoria Cross has been awarded to ninety-six Australians—91 were received for actions whilst serving with Australian
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action in the First World War when a total of 64 medals were awarded. Nine of these awards were for action during the Gallipoli
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Campaign. 20 medals were awarded for action in the Second World War, 6 in the Second Boer War, 4 in the Vietnam War and 2 in the
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Russian Civil War.[1] Twenty-eight Australians have been awarded the medal posthumously.[3] Notably, one recipient—Captain Alfred
Print/export Shout VC, MC (who was also Mentioned in Despatches)—was Australia's most decorated soldier of the Gallipoli campaign. His Victoria
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Printable version included in this list.[5]

Languages With the death of Edward Kenna on 8 July 2009, Keith Payne is the only living recipient of the original Victoria Cross; three recipients of
Русский the Victoria Cross for Australia are still serving in the Australian Defence Force.
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Contents [hide]
1 Recipients
1.1 Victoria Cross
1.2 Victoria Cross for Australia
2 References

Recipients [ edit ]

This along with the *, indicates that the Victoria Cross was awarded posthumously
AWM = This denotes that the medal is held at the Australian War Memorial

Victoria Cross [ edit ]

Date
Location of
Name of Conflict Unit Place of action
medal
action
Charles
1942 Second World War 2/19th Battalion Muar River, Malaya AWM[6]
Anderson
Thomas Axford 1918 First World War 16th Battalion Hamel Wood, France AWM[6]
Peter Badcoe 1967* Vietnam War Australian Army Training Team Huong Tra, Vietnam AWM[7]
Queensland
Robert Beatham 1918* First World War 8th Battalion Rosieres, France Museum
South Bank[8][9]
Western Australian
Frederick Bell 1901 Second Boer War West Australia Mounted Infantry Transvaal, South Africa
Museum[10]
Frederick Birks 1917* First World War 6th Battalion Ypres, Belgium AWM[6]
Tasmanian Museum
John Bisdee 1900 Second Boer War Tasmanian Imperial Bushmen Warm Bad, South Africa
and Art Gallery[11]
Arthur
1916 First World War 10th Battalion Pozières, France AWM[6]
Blackburn
 Date
Location of
Name of Conflict Unit Place of action
medal
action
Villers-Bretonneux,
Albert Borella 1918 First World War 26th Battalion Privately held
France
Villers-Bretonneux,
Walter Brown 1918 First World War 20th Battalion AWM[6]
France
Alexander
1918* First World War 54th Battalion Péronne, France AWM[6]
Buckley
Maurice Buckley 1918 First World War 13th Battalion Le Verguier, France AWM[6]
Queensland
Patrick Bugden 1917* First World War 31st Battalion Zonnebeke, Belgium Museum
South Bank[8]
Alexander
1915* First World War 7th Battalion Gallipoli, Turkey AWM[6]
Burton
John Carroll 1917 First World War 33rd Battalion St. Yves, Belgium AWM[6]
Imperial War
George
1918 First World War 33rd Battalion Bouchavesnes, France Museum
Cartwright
London[12]
Claud Castleton 1916* First World War Australian Machine Gun Corps Pozières, France AWM[6]
Percy Cherry 1917* First World War 26th Battalion Lagnicourt, France AWM[6]
Albert Chowne 1945* Second World War 2/2nd Battalion Dagua, New Guinea AWM[6]
Army Museum
Thomas Cooke 1916* First World War 8th Battalion Pozières, France
New Zealand[13]
William Currey 1918 First World War 53rd Battalion Péronne, France AWM[6]
Merdjayoun-Damour,
Roden Cutler 1941 Second World War 2/5th Field Regiment, RRoAA AWM[6]
Lebanon
Henry Dalziel 1918 First World War 15th Battalion Hamel Wood, France AWM[6]
25th (Service) Battalion, Royal
Wilbur Dartnell 1915* First World War Maktau, Kenya AWM[6]
Fusiliers
Phillip Davey 1918 First World War 10th Battalion Merris, France AWM[6]
Tom Derrick 1943 Second World War 2/48th Battalion Sattelberg, New Guinea AWM[6]
William Dunstan 1915 First World War 7th Battalion Gallipoli, Turkey AWM[6]
John Dwyer 1917 First World War Australian Machine Gun Corps Zonnebeke, Belgium AWM[6]
John
1941* Second World War 2/17th Battalion Tobruk, Libya AWM[6]
Edmondson
Hughie Edwards 1941 Second World War No. 105 Squadron RAF Bremen, Germany AWM[6]
Jack French 1942* Second World War 2/9th Battalion Milne Bay, Papua Privately held
Villers-Bretonneux, Tasmanian Museum
Alfred Gaby 1918* First World War 28th Battalion
France and Art Gallery[11]
Bernard Gordon 1918 First World War 41st Battalion Bray, France AWM[6]
Jim Gordon 1941 Second World War 2/31st Battalion Djezzine, Syria Privately held
Army Museum of
Percy Gratwick 1942* Second World War 2/4th Battalion El Alamein, Egypt
Western Australia[14]
Shrine of
Robert Grieve 1917 First World War 37th Battalion Messines, Belgium Remembrance
Melbourne[15][16]
Stan Gurney 1942* Second World War 2/48th Battalion Tel-el-Eisa, Egypt AWM[6]
Arthur Hall 1918 First World War 54th Battalion Péronne, France AWM[6]
John Hamilton 1915 First World War 3rd Battalion Gallipoli, Turkey AWM[6]
George Howell 1917 First World War 1st Battalion Bullecourt, France AWM[6]
New South Wales Medical Staff
Neville Howse 1900 Second Boer War Vredefort, South Africa AWM[6]
Corps
George Ingram 1918 First World War 24th Battalion Montbrehain, France AWM[6]
Adelaide Town
Roy Inwood 1917 First World War 10th Battalion Polygon Wood, Belgium
Hall[17]
Albert Jacka 1915 First World War 14th Battalion Gallipoli, Turkey AWM[6]
William Jackson 1916 First World War 17th Battalion Armentieres, France Privately held
Christ Church
Clarence
1917* First World War 34th Battalion Passchendaele, Belgium Cathedral,
Jeffries
Newcastle, N.S.W.[18]
 Date
Location of
Name of Conflict Unit Place of action
medal
action
Jørgen Jensen 1917 First World War 50th Battalion Noreuil, France AWM[6]
William Joynt 1918 First World War 8th Battalion Herleville Wood, France Privately held[19]
Richard Kelliher 1943 Second World War 2/25th Battalion Nadzab, New Guinea AWM[6]
Edward Kenna 1945 Second World War 2/4th Battalion Wewak, New Guinea unknown[20]
Bede Kenny 1917 First World War 2nd Battalion Hermies, France AWM[6]
Leonard Keysor 1915 First World War 1st Battalion Gallipoli, Turkey AWM[6]
Bill Kibby 1942* Second World War 2/48th Battalion El Alamein, Egypt AWM[6]
Bruce Kingsbury 1942* Second World War 2/14th Battalion Isurava, Papua AWM[6]
John Leak 1916 First World War 9th Battalion Pozières, France Privately held
Alby Lowerson 1918 First World War 21st Battalion Mont St. Quentin, France AWM[6]
Jack Mackey 1945* Second World War 2/3rd Pioneer Battalion Tarakan Island, Borneo AWM[6]
Robert MacTier 1918* First World War 23rd Battalion Mont St. Quentin, France AWM[6]
Joseph Maxwell 1918 First World War 18th Battalion Estrees, France AWM[6]
Geelhoutboom, South
Leslie Maygar 1901 Second Boer War 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles AWM[6]
Africa
Dominic
1918 First World War 16th Battalion Madam Wood, France AWM[6]
McCarthy
Stanley
1918 First World War 47th Battalion Dernancourt, France AWM[6]
McDougall
Queen Victoria
Museum
Lewis McGee 1917* First World War 40th Battalion Ypres, Belgium
and Art Gallery,
Launceston[21]
Frank RAF Museum,
1917 First World War No. 1 Squadron AFC Tel el Hesi, Palestine
McNamara London[22]
RAAF attached No. 149
Ron Middleton 1942* Second World War Turin, Italy AWM[6]
Squadron RAF
Mick Moon 1917 First World War 58th Battalion Bullecourt, France AWM[6]
Harry Murray 1917 First World War 13th Battalion Gueudecourt, France AWM
James Newland 1917 First World War 12th Battalion Bapaume, France AWM[6]
Bill Newton 1943* Second World War No. 22 Squadron RAAF New Guinea AWM[6]
Army Museum of
Martin O'Meara 1916 First World War 16th Battalion Pozières, France
Western Australia[14]
Bougainville, New
Frank Partridge 1945 Second World War 8th (Militia) Battalion Privately held
Guinea
Keith Payne 1969 Vietnam War Australian Army Training Team Ben Het, Vietnam AWM[6]
North Russia Relief
Samuel Pearse 1919* 45th Battalion, RF Emtsa, Russia AWM[6]
Force
Walter Peeler 1917 First World War 3rd Pioneer Battalion Ypres, Belgium AWM[6]
Charles Pope 1917* First World War 11th Battalion Louveral, France AWM[6]
Bougainville, New
Reg Rattey 1945 Second World War 25th Battalion Privately held
Guinea
Thaba 'Nchu, South
James Rogers 1901 Second Boer War South African Constabulary AWM[6]
Africa
William Ruthven 1918 First World War 22nd Battalion Ville-sur-Ancre, France AWM[6]
Hindenburg Defences,
John Ryan 1918 First World War 55th Battalion AWM[6]
France
St George's
Villers-Bretonneux,
Clifford Sadlier 1918 First World War 51st Battalion Cathedral
France
Perth W.A.[23]
Alfred Shout 1915* First World War 1st Battalion Gallipoli, Turkey AWM[6]
Kontum Province,
Ray Simpson 1969 Vietnam War Australian Army Training Team AWM[6]
Vietnam
Leslie Beaufort, British North Army Museum of
1945 Second World War 2/43rd Battalion
Starcevich Borneo Western Australia[14]
Percy Statton 1918 First World War 40th Battalion Proyart, France AWM[6]
Army Museum
Percy Storkey 1918 First World War 19th Battalion Hangard Wood, France
New Zealand[13]
 Date
Location of
Name of Conflict Unit Place of action
medal
action

North Russia Relief

Arthur Sullivan 1919 45th Battalion, RF Sheika River, Russia AWM[6]
Force
William Symons 1915 First World War 7th Battalion Gallipoli, Turkey AWM[6]
Hugo Throssell 1915 First World War 10th Light Horse Gallipoli, Turkey AWM[6]
Edgar Towner 1918 First World War Australian Machine Gun Corps Mont St. Quentin, France Privately held
Frederick Tubb 1915 First World War 7th Battalion Gallipoli, Turkey AWM[6]
Queensland
Blair Wark 1918 First World War 32nd Battalion Bellicourt, France Museum
South Bank[8][24]
Lawrence
1918 First World War 43rd Battalion Peronne, France Privately held
Weathers
Kevin Wheatley 1965* Vietnam War Australian Army Training Team Tra Bong, Vietnam AWM[6]
John Whittle 1917 First World War 12th Battalion Boursies, France AWM[6][25]
James Woods 1918 First World War 48th Battalion Le Verguier, France AWM[6]
Tasmanian Museum
Guy Wylly 1900 Second Boer War Tasmanian Imperial Bushmen Warm Bad, South Africa
and Art Gallery[11]

Victoria Cross for Australia [ edit ]

Date
Location of
Name of Conflict Unit Place of action
medal
action
War in Urozgan Province,
Mark Donaldson 2008 Special Air Service Regiment AWM[6][26]
Afghanistan Afghanistan
Ben Roberts- War in Kandahar Province,
2010 Special Air Service Regiment AWM[6][27]
Smith Afghanistan Afghanistan
War in 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Urozgan Province,
Daniel Keighran 2010 AWM[6]
Afghanistan Regiment Afghanistan
War in
Cameron Baird 2013* 2nd Commando Regiment Khod Valley, Afghanistan AWM
Afghanistan

References [ edit ]

General
"Victoria Crosses at the Australian War Memorial" . Australian War Memorial. Retrieved 2008-02-23.
"List of Australian recipients of the Victoria Cross" . Anzac Day Commemoration Committee. Archived from the original on 28 February 2010.
Retrieved 2008-02-23.
Wigmore, Lionel (1986). They Dared Mightily. Second Edition. Canberra: Australian War Memorial.

Specific
1. ^ a b "VC for Australia" (PDF). Australian Government. Retrieved 14. ^ a bc Items of significance Archived 21 March 2012 at the
2007-07-02. Wayback Machine, Army Museum of Western Australia, 4
2. ^ "Gallipoli VC medal sets auction record" . The Age. 2006-07- January 2009. Retrieved on 2009-03-03.
24. Retrieved 2007-01-30. 15. ^ Wilson, Neil (2003-08-09). "Rise & shrine". Herald Sun. p. 6.
3. ^ Wigmore 1986, p. 14. 16. ^ Robert Grieve's medal is on loan to the Shrine by its owners,
4. ^ "Bravery awards at Gallipoli" . Australian Government, Wesley College
Department of Veterans' Affairs. Retrieved 2007-11-09. 17. ^ "Reginald Roy Inwood's - Victoria Cross Medal" . Adelaide City
5. ^ Wigmore 1986, pp. 180–187. Council. Retrieved 2008-10-07.
6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah 18. ^ Capt. Clarence Smith Jeffries Memorial Park (Abermain)
ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg Archived 19 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine, Register of War
bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp "Victoria Crosses held at the Memorial" . Memorials in New South Wales, 2002. Retrieved on 2009-03-03.
Australian War Memorial. 19. ^ William Joynt's VC medal is thought to be held at Melbourne
7. ^ "Major Badcoe's Victoria Cross" (PDF). South Australian Grammar School. [citation needed]
Museum. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 June 2009. 20. ^ Kenna's VC had been on loan to the AWM since 9 April 2010 -
Retrieved 26 April 2013. see AWM Media Release 335 - but no longer appears on the
"The Victoria Cross - Major Peter Badcoe" (PDF). South War Memorial's list of Victoria Crosses held at the Memorial .
Australian Museum. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 June 21. ^ Co Sergeant Major Lewis McGee Archived 28 September
2009. 2009 at the Wayback Machine, victoriacross.org.uk
 8. ^ a bc "Victoria Cross" . Queensland Museum South Bank.
Government of Queensland. Archived from the original
July 2012. Retrieved 26 July 2012.
9. ^ Robert Beatham's medal, owned by Mr Neil Jenman and Mrs
Ruth Jenman, is on loan to the Queensland Museum until 2012.
10. ^ Lieutenant Colonel Frederick William Bell Archived
2009 at the Wayback Machine, victoriacross.org.uk
11. ^ a bc VC medals in the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery,
Hobart Archived 28 September 2009 at the Wayback
Machine, victoriacross.org.uk
12. ^ Anthony Staunton, Cartwright, George (1894 - 1978) ,
Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 13, Melbourne
University Press, 1993, p. 379. Retrieved on 2009-03-03.
13. ^ a b VC medals in the Army Museum, New Zealand
13 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine, victoriacross.org.uk
22. ^ VC medals in the RAF Museum, London , victoriacross.org.uk
on 18 23. ^ "A History and Detailed Guide to St George's
Cathedral" [permanent dead link], Revised 2007, pp.10&14.
Retrieved on 2009-03-03.
24. ^ Blair Wark's medal, owned by the United Service Club
8 June Queensland, is on loan to the Queensland Museum until 2012.
25. ^ Whittle's VC has been on loan to the AWM since October 2009
- see AWM Media Release 296 .
26. ^ Donaldson's VC has been on loan to the AWM since January
2009 - see AWM Media Release 215 .
27. ^ "Australia's latest Victoria Cross recipient Corporal Ben Roberts-
Smith VC MG views his newly installed panel and medal display
for the first time" (PDF). Media alert. Australian War Memorial.
Archived 3 April 2011. Retrieved 8 August 2011.

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