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A group portrait of Wing Commander Hughie Idwal Edwards VC (with family or friends) attached to ...
Photograph
A group portrait of Wing Commander Hughie Idwal Edwards VC (with family or friends) attached to No. 105 Squadron RAF, who received the Victoria Cross for his bombing attack on Bremen, Germany, 1941-07...100638
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Air Vice-Marshal F.H. McNamara
Art
Maker: Gilbert, Donald
Plaster bust of Air Vice-Marshal Francis 'Frank' Hubert McNamara, VC, CBE (4 April 1894-2 November 1961). McNamara flew in the First World War with the No. 1 Squadron Australian Flying Corps (AFC) an...ART34904
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Anderson, Charles Groves Wright (Lieutenant Colonel, b.1897 - d.1988)
Private Record
Maker: Anderson, Charles Groves Wright
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX12595 Lieutenant Colonel Charles Groves Wright Anderson VC, MC, 2/19 Battalion, Malaya, 1942. Wallet 1 of 1 - Consists of a hand drawn map and...PR03973
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Arisaka Type 38 Rifle : Private E Kenna, 2/4 Battalion, AIF
Technology
Maker: Kokura Arsenal
Arisaka Type 38 Rifle. This weapon is without a bolt and has received shrapnel damage. The breech top is stamped with three Japanese characters and the chrysanthemum mark. The stock is cracked through...RELAWM24833
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Australian Victoria Cross Recipients and Fragments of VC History / compiled by Rick Grebert
Manuscript
Maker: Grebert, Rick
List of Australian Victoria Cross Recipients and Fragments of VC History / compiled by Rick Grebert. Manuscript with profiles of Australian Victoria Cross recipients and a fragmented history of the V...MSS2230
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1. Australian war loan has America's practical support 2. Australian heroes receive medals for gallantry 3. What rubber means to Australia 4. Bushmen answer call for mounted VDC guerillas. (Fox Movietone News Vol. 13 No. 27)
Film
Maker: Fox Movietone News
1. (1 min 50 sec) US Air Corps and nursing units parade at Sydney rally, Colonel Harry Cullings, CMG of American Army speaks 2. (48 sec) Governor-General decorates Lieutenant Arthur Roden Cutler with ...F00350
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BEAUFORT, NORTH BORNEO, MEMORIAL ERECTED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF THE COLONY OF NORTH BORNEO AT THE ...
Photograph
BEAUFORT, NORTH BORNEO, MEMORIAL ERECTED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF THE COLONY OF NORTH BORNEO AT THE SCENE OF THE ACTION WHERE, ON 1945-06-28, WX11519 PRIVATE LESLIE THOMAS STARCEVICH, VC, OF 2/43RD AUSTRA...042339
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BEAUFORT, NORTH BORNEO, MEMORIAL ERECTED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF THE COLONY OF NORTH BORNEO AT THE ...
Photograph
BEAUFORT, NORTH BORNEO, MEMORIAL ERECTED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF THE COLONY OF NORTH BORNEO AT THE SCENE OF THE ACTION WHERE, ON 1945-06-28, WX11519 PRIVATE LESLIE THOMAS STARCEVICH, VC, OF 2/43RD AUSTRA...042338
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BEAUFORT, NORTH BORNEO. MEMORIAL ERECTED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF THE COLONY OF NORTH BORNEO AT THE ...
Photograph
BEAUFORT, NORTH BORNEO. MEMORIAL ERECTED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF THE COLONY OF NORTH BORNEO AT THE SCENE OF THE ACTION WHERE, ON 1945-06-28. WX11519 PRIVATE LESLIE THOMAS STARCEVICH, VC, OF 2/43RD AUSTRA...042337
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BEAUFORT, NORTH BORNEO, THE PLAQUE ON THE MEMORIAL ERECTED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF THE COLONY OF ...
Photograph
BEAUFORT, NORTH BORNEO, THE PLAQUE ON THE MEMORIAL ERECTED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF THE COLONY OF NORTH BORNEO, AT THE SCENE OF THE ACTION AT BEAUFORT ON 1945-06-28, WHERE WX11519 PRIVATE LESLIE THOMAS ST...042340
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British Sergeant awarded Victoria Cross
Film
General Alexander inspects the Irish guards before the invasion of Italy and presents the Victoria Cross to Sergeant Kennelly.F00840
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Browning M1921A1 Heavy Machine Gun : Private Edward Kenna VC, 2/4 Battalion AIF
Technology
Browning M1921A1 water cooled heavy machine gun. This weapon is very rusted and is without a lock. The water jacket has been punctured in several places and parts of the recoiling mechanism are missin...RELAWM24834
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CAPE PUS, NEW GUINEA. 1945-11-03. CHAPLAIN N.D. WINN, 2/2 INFANTRY BATTALION (1) PHOTOGRAPHED ...
Photograph
CAPE PUS, NEW GUINEA. 1945-11-03. CHAPLAIN N.D. WINN, 2/2 INFANTRY BATTALION (1) PHOTOGRAPHED WITH SERGEANT S.E. BAILEY (2), LANCE CORPORAL W.T. FALLSHAW (3) AND CORPORAL C. LETCHFIELD (4) WHO WERE ME...098521
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CAPE PUS, NEW GUINEA. 1945-11-03. CORPORAL C. LETCHFIELD (1) AND SERGEANT S.E. BAILEY (2) ...
Photograph
CAPE PUS, NEW GUINEA. 1945-11-03. CORPORAL C. LETCHFIELD (1) AND SERGEANT S.E. BAILEY (2) STUDYING THE DAGUA AREA ON A MAP WHERE THEY FOUGHT AS MEMBERS OF THE 2/2 INFANTRY BATTALION PLATOON COMMANDED ...098519
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CAPE PUS, NEW GUINEA. 1945-11-03. LANCE CORPORAL W.T. FALLSHAW (1), SERGEANT S.E. BAILEY (2) AND ...
Photograph
CAPE PUS, NEW GUINEA. 1945-11-03. LANCE CORPORAL W.T. FALLSHAW (1), SERGEANT S.E. BAILEY (2) AND CORPORAL C. LETCHFIELD (3). THE MEN WERE MEMBERS OF THE 2/2 INFANTRY BATTALION PLATOON COMMANDED BY LIE...098520
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Cigarette and Trade Card Collection
Published Collection
Maker: Various
The cigarette and trade card collection consists of series of cards which were issued by cigarette companies, or other companies such as confectionery firms, cereal manufacturers and clothes companies...RC00682
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Clark, Chris (b.1951)
Private Record
Maker: Clark, Chris
Collection relating to the writing of several books by military historian Dr Chris Clark. 5 boxes containing 37 wallets, contents as follows. Wallets 1-6, relating to "Action Stations Coral Sea: the...PR04839
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Collection relating to the service of Henry Joseph Erb RAAF
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Informal portrait Trooper (later 414665 Flying Officer (FO)) Henry Joseph (Joe) Erb, 2nd Light Horse Regiment. FO Erb enlisted in the RAAF on November 1941 and completed two operational tours against ...P05155.019
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COMMANDER A. C. C. MIERS, VC DSO, ROYAL NAVY, WHO WAS CAPTAIN OF THE SUBMARINE HMS TORBAY WHEN HE ...
Photograph
Maker: Herald Newspaper
COMMANDER A. C. C. MIERS, VC DSO, ROYAL NAVY, WHO WAS CAPTAIN OF THE SUBMARINE HMS TORBAY WHEN HE WON HIS VICTORIA CROSS.140176
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CORPORAL J. EDMONDSON, 2/17TH INFANTRY BATTALION, WHO WAS AWARDED THE VICTORIA CROSS (VC), ...
Photograph
CORPORAL J. EDMONDSON, 2/17TH INFANTRY BATTALION, WHO WAS AWARDED THE VICTORIA CROSS (VC), POSTHUMOUSLY, FOR ACTION AT TOBRUK, LIBYA ON 1941-04-13.044622
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Corporal Jim Gordon
Art
Maker: Dargie, William
William Dargie was commissioned to paint the portrait 'Corporal Jim Gordon' [5900231 (WX2437)], shortly after Gordon was awarded the Victoria Cross. Born in Western Australia in 1909, James Gordon, a...ART26993
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CORPORAL JOHN ALEXANDER FRENCH VC, 2/9TH INFANTRY BATTALION. HE WAS AWARDED THE VICTORIA CROSS ...
Photograph
CORPORAL JOHN ALEXANDER FRENCH VC, 2/9TH INFANTRY BATTALION. HE WAS AWARDED THE VICTORIA CROSS POSTHUMOUSLY FOR ACTION ON 1942-09-04, AT MILNE BAY, NEW GUINEA.100643
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Corporal John Edmondson
Art
Maker: Smith, Joshua
Portrait of NX15705 Corporal John H Edmondson, VC, 2/17 Battalion, AIF, was in a small group that attacked with the bayonet a party of Germans which had broken through a point of the Tobruk defences i...ART27532
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CORPORAL JOHN HURST EDMONDSON VC, 2/17TH INFANTRY BATTALION. HE WAS AWARDED THE VICTORIA CROSS, ...
Photograph
CORPORAL JOHN HURST EDMONDSON VC, 2/17TH INFANTRY BATTALION. HE WAS AWARDED THE VICTORIA CROSS, POSTHUMOUSLY, FOR ACTION ON 1941-04-13 AT TOBRUK, LIBYA.100642
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CPL. J. EDMONDSON, FIRST AUSTRALIAN VC WINNER OF THE 2ND AIF. EDMONDSON WAS AWARDED THE VICTORIA ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown Australian Official Photographer
CPL. J. EDMONDSON, FIRST AUSTRALIAN VC WINNER OF THE 2ND AIF. EDMONDSON WAS AWARDED THE VICTORIA CROSS, POSTHUMOUSLY, FOR ACTION ON 13 APRIL 1941 AT TOBRUK, LIBYA.010576
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C.1944. PORTRAIT OF VX102141 PRIVATE EDWARD KENNA VC, 2/4TH INFANTRY BATTALION, 6TH AUSTRALIAN ...
Photograph
C.1944. PORTRAIT OF VX102141 PRIVATE EDWARD KENNA VC, 2/4TH INFANTRY BATTALION, 6TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION. PRIVATE KENNA WON HIS AWARD AT WEWAK, NEW GUINEA, 1945.134485
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C. 1940. SX7089 SERGEANT WILLIAM HENRY KIBBY VC, 2/48TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION, WHO WAS ...
Photograph
Maker: Nestor, Francis Joseph
C. 1940. SX7089 SERGEANT WILLIAM HENRY KIBBY VC, 2/48TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION, WHO WAS KILLED IN ACTION 1942-10-31, AT EL ALAMEIN, LIBYA. SERGEANT KIBBY WAS AWARDED THE VICTORIA CROSS FOR VALO...061363A
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Cutler, Arthur Roden (Lieutenant, b.1916 - d.2002)
Private Record
Maker: Cutler, Arthur Roden
Collection relating to the Second World War service of Lieutenant Arthur Roden Cutler VC, 2/5 Field Regiment, Lebanon, Palestine, 1941. Wallet 1 of 1 - Collection consists of two letters related to C...AWM2019.283.1
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Cutler, Arthur Roden (Lieutenant), 1916-2002, VC
Private Record
Maker: Various
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX12378 Lieutenant Arthur Roden Cutler VC, 2/5 Field Regiment, Palestine and Australia, 1941. Wallet 1 of 1 - Contains correspondence relating t...PR04032
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Derrick, Thomas Currie (Lieutenant, b.1914 – d.1945)
Private Record
Maker: Derrick, Thomas Currie
Collection relating to the Second World War service of SX7964 Lieutenant Thomas Currie Derrick, 2/48 Australian Infantry Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, Borneo, 1945. Wallet 1 of 1 – Con...AWM2021.309.1
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Edmondson, John Hurst 'Jack' (Corporal : VC : NX15705 : b.1914 - d.1941)
Private Record
Maker: Edmondson, Joseph William
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX15705 Corporal John Hurst "Jack" Edmondson, 2/17 Australian Infantry Battalion, Australia, 18 July 1941. Wallet 1 of 1 - Collection contains o...PR06102
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FIELD MARSHAL LORD WILLIAM RIDDELL BIRDWOOD (SECOND FROM LEFT) AND VICTORIA CROSS WINNERS, AIR ...
Photograph
FIELD MARSHAL LORD WILLIAM RIDDELL BIRDWOOD (SECOND FROM LEFT) AND VICTORIA CROSS WINNERS, AIR VICE MARSHAL F.H. MCNAMARA, COLONEL W.J. SYMONS AND LIEUTENANT L. KEYSOR.113292
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FINSCHHAFEN AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1944-03-17. ONE OF MANY BATTLE SIGNS IN THE FINSCHHAFEN AREA, THIS ...
Photograph
FINSCHHAFEN AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1944-03-17. ONE OF MANY BATTLE SIGNS IN THE FINSCHHAFEN AREA, THIS SIGN AT THE APPROACH TO SATTELBERG IS 200 YARDS ABOVE THE POINT WHERE "B" COMPANY, 2/48TH INFANTRY BATT...071213
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Five student pilots from No. 7 Empire Air Training Scheme (EATS) course at No. 5 Elementary ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Five student pilots from No. 7 Empire Air Training Scheme (EATS) course at No. 5 Elementary Flying Training School (5 EFTS) Narromine. They are from left to right: 400732 Aircraftman (AC) Gordon Orcha...P01019.003
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250748 Flight Lieutenant William "Bill" Ellis Newton VC, 22 Squadron
Art
Maker: Douglas, Blak
William Newton was awarded the Victoria Cross posthumously for valour and devotion to duty, the only such award made to a member of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) in the Pacific Theatre. He w...AWM2021.675.1
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FLIGHT LIEUTENANT WILLIAM ELLIS NEWTON VC OF NO. 22 SQUADRON RAAF BESIDE HIS AIRCRAFT, WITH ...
Photograph
FLIGHT LIEUTENANT WILLIAM ELLIS NEWTON VC OF NO. 22 SQUADRON RAAF BESIDE HIS AIRCRAFT, WITH AMMUNITION BELT DRAPED AROUND HIS NECK. HE WAS AWARDED THE VICTORIA CROSS POSTHUMOUSLY FOLLOWING HIS EXECUTI...100644
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Folder 1 of 2 - Condolence letters relating to the life and military service of Corporal John Hurst "Jack" Edmondson, April 1941 - July 1941
Digitised Collection
Maker: Freemasons NSW & ACT Various
Papers of Maude Elizabeth Edmondson relating to the life and Second World War service of NX15705 Corporal John Hurst "Jack" Edmondson, 2/17 Battalion, Australia and Libya, 1916-1956. Wallet 2 of 4 co...AWM2020.22.290
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Folder 2 of 2 - Condolence letters relating to the life and military service of Corporal John Hurst "Jack" Edmondson, July 1941 - November 1956
Digitised Collection
Maker: Rats of Tobruk Association Various
Papers of Maude Elizabeth Edmondson relating to the life and Second World War service of NX15705 Corporal John Hurst "Jack" Edmondson, 2/17 Battalion, Australia and Libya, 1916-1956. Wallet 2 of 4 co...AWM2020.22.291
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Folder 1 of 4 - Diary of Maude Elizabeth Edmondson, 8 January 1940 - 27 June 1942; c.1950
Digitised Collection
Maker: Edmondson, Maude Elizabeth
Papers of Maude Elizabeth Edmondson relating to the life and Second World War service of NX15705 Corporal John Hurst "Jack" Edmondson, 2/17 Battalion, Australia and Libya, 1916-1956. Wallet 1 of 4 co...AWM2020.22.286
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For valour
Film
Maker: Film Australia
A Film Australia production on Australian winners of the Victoria Cross and George Cross. Narrations illustrated by still images consisting mainly of photographs and works of art from the Australian W...F10284
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FRANK JOHN PARTRIDGE, VC WHO WON HIS VICTORIA CROSS AT BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-07-24.
Photograph
FRANK JOHN PARTRIDGE, VC WHO WON HIS VICTORIA CROSS AT BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-07-24.043599
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German MG34 Machine Gun : Corporal J H Edmondson, VC, 2/17 Battalion
Technology
German MG34 Machine Gun. The breech is marked BSW over 1937 and the serial number. The barrel has an air cooled barrel jacket. The butt is wooden and is marked with the serial number. The pistol grips...RELAWM31375.001
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Grave of NX15705 Corporal (Cpl) John Hurst (Jack) Edmondson VC, 2/17th Battalion. Edmondson ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Grave of NX15705 Corporal (Cpl) John Hurst (Jack) Edmondson VC, 2/17th Battalion. Edmondson enlisted on 20 May 1940 at Paddington, NSW, and with prior militia service with the 4th Battalion, he was qu...P05798.001
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Grave of QX1071 Corporal John Alexander French VC, 2/9th Infantry Battalion. He was awarded the ...
Photograph
Maker: Layton, Ronald Frederick
Grave of QX1071 Corporal John Alexander French VC, 2/9th Infantry Battalion. He was awarded the Victoria Cross posthumously for action on 4 September 1942 at Milne Bay, New Guinea.P09137.008
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'Greetings for Cake "Derby" Day'
Art
Maker: French, John Alexander
A sketch depicting a soldier seated in front of packages of Cake for 'Derby' Day and a smiling native woman seated beside him. Corporal John Alexander French. French, a soldier and barber, was born on...ART93092
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Group Captain Hughie Edwards
Art
Maker: Kennington, Eric Henri
Portrait of Group Captain Hugh Idwal 'Hughie' Edwards, VC, DSO and Bar, DFC, OBE, from 139 Squadron RAF. This work was included in the "Exhibtion of British War Pictures", which toured Australian sta...ART29380
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Hero in the mould of other days: Corporal John Hurst Edmondson VC
Manuscript
Maker: Peacock, Kenneth Royden
A typed manuscript entitled "Hero in the mould of other days: Corporal John Hurst Edmondson VC", written by Kenneth R Peacock. Includes a transcription of the diary of Edmondson's mother Maude Elizab...MSS1871
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History of Courage: Corporal John Hurst Edmondson VC
Manuscript
Maker: Peacock, Kenneth Royden
A typed manuscript entitled "History of Courage: Corporal John Hurst Edmondson VC", written by Kenneth R Peacock.MSS1870
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Hughie Edwards VC
Art
Bust of Air Vice Marshal Sir Hughie Idwal Edwards, VC, KCMG, CB, DSO, OBE, DFC (1914-1982). Sir Edward was an air force hero who became Governor of Western Australia. He was a highly decorated airma...ART40985
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Incident in which Flight Sergeant Rawdon Middleton [VC] lost his life
Art
Maker: Smith, David T.
This eerie scene depicts the final moments of Middleton's life. Despite the painting being based on a true story, Smith has evoked an unreal modernist seascape. The falling parachutes of the survivin...ART27538
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Informal outdoor portrait of 387016 (446735, V158149, VX135431) Sergeant (Sgt) Norman Strange ...
Photograph
Maker: Leicagraph Pty Ltd
Informal outdoor portrait of 387016 (446735, V158149, VX135431) Sergeant (Sgt) Norman Strange (left), NX700426 (N454409) Private (Pte) Frank Partridge (centre) and V161157 Private (Pte) Ewald Herbert ...P09982.001
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Informal portrait of Frank John Partridge VC at a commemorative service at an unknown war ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Informal portrait of Frank John Partridge VC at a commemorative service at an unknown war memorial. He is wearing his Victoria Cross above the bar of his other service medals. Born in Grafton, NSW, Pa...P10743.001
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Informal portrait of Frank John Partridge VC (right), his wife Barbara and television quiz show ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Informal portrait of Frank John Partridge VC (right), his wife Barbara and television quiz show host Bob Dyer, standing in front of a motor boat by the water. Born in Grafton, NSW, Partridge left scho...P10743.002
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Italian Model 1891 Carcano Bayonet and Scabbard : Corporal J A French, VC, 2/9 Battalion
Technology
Italian Model 1891 Carcano bayonet and scabbard. The hilt is a cruciform design with a straight quillon and has a muzzle ring of 12.5 mm. The plain wooden grips are attached to the tang with two rivet...RELAWM32409
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JACK GAMBLING AND CORPORAL JOHN EDMONDSON OF THE 2/17TH BATTALION, AIF. EDMONDSON WAS AWARDED THE ...
Photograph
JACK GAMBLING AND CORPORAL JOHN EDMONDSON OF THE 2/17TH BATTALION, AIF. EDMONDSON WAS AWARDED THE VICTORIA CROSS, POSTHUMOUSLY, FOR ACTION ON 1941-04-13 AT TOBRUK, LIBYA.P00426.003
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Japanese Invasion Money Malaya one dollar note: Sergeant R R Rattey, 25 Battalion, Australian Army
Technology
Maker: Japanese Government
Japanese Invasion Money one dollar note for use in Malaya, series MO. The note is uncirculated and has a small stain in the top right hand corner of the obverse.RELC02637
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Japanese Invasion Money Netherlands East Indies ten gulden note: Sergeant R R Rattey, 25 Battalion, Australian Army
Technology
Maker: Japanese Government
Japanese Invasion Money ten gulden note for use in Netherlands East Indies, series SI. The note has been circulated and it has a central vertical fold mark.RELC02638
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Kelliher, V.C.
Art
Maker: Browning, George Julian
Depicting QX20656 Private Richard Kelliher, VC, throwing grenades in the action that gained him the Victoria Cross at Nadzab, New Guinea. A sketch for a painting drawn from an account by Captain Whita...ART25999
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Kelliher, V.C
Art
Maker: Browning, George Julian
Depicting QX20656 Private Richard Kelliher, VC, throwing grenades in the action that gained him the Victoria Cross at Nadzab, New Guinea. A sketch for a painting drawn from an account by Captain Whita...ART26001
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Kibby, William Henry
Private Record
Maker: Kibby, William Henry
Collection relating to SX7089 Sergeant (Sgt) William Henry (Bill) Kibby VC, who served with 2/48 Infantry Battalion until he was killed in action at El Alamein on 31 October 1942. Comprises an origina...PR04987
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Kukri knife presented to Petty Officer J A Draper by Lance Corporal R Limbu, VC, 2/10 Princess Mary's Own Gurkha Rifles
Technology
Maker: Unknown
Traditional Gurkha kukri knife with heavy inwardly curved single-fullered steel blade with the traditional kauda notch at the base. The formed horn handle has a simple raised band design cut into the ...REL42502
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LIEUTENANT ALBERT CHOWNE VC MM, 2/2ND INFANTRY BATTALION. ON A NARROW RIDGE NEAR DAGUA, NEW ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
LIEUTENANT ALBERT CHOWNE VC MM, 2/2ND INFANTRY BATTALION. ON A NARROW RIDGE NEAR DAGUA, NEW GUINEA, 0N 25 MARCH 1945 HE SHOWED SUPERB HEROISM WHEN ATTACKING A POSITION THAT WAS HOLDING UP FURTHER MOVE...134484
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Lieutenant A. Roden Cutler after the investiture by the Governor General, Lord Gowrie with the ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Lieutenant A. Roden Cutler after the investiture by the Governor General, Lord Gowrie with the Victoria Cross, Admiralty House.012576
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Lieutenant A. Roden Cutler with family members after being invested by the Governor General Lord ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Lieutenant A. Roden Cutler with family members after being invested by the Governor General Lord Gowrie with the Victoria Cross, at Admiralty House. From left to right: Lt Cutler's sister Doone (later...012574
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Lieutenant A. Roden Cutler with his mother, Mrs Ruby Cutler, after his investiture at Admiralty ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Lieutenant A. Roden Cutler with his mother, Mrs Ruby Cutler, after his investiture at Admiralty House by the Governor General, Lord Gowrie (left), with the Victoria Cross012577
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Lieutenant Colonel Charles Anderson VC MC
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
Depicts a portrait of Lieutenant Colonel Charles Groves Wright Anderson (NX12595), VC, MC, 2/19 Australian Infantry Battalion at Muar River. Taken prisoner by the Japanese.ART26436
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Lieutenant Colonel (LtCol) Charles Groves Wright Anderson VC MC, 2/19th Infantry Battalion. LtCol ...
Photograph
Lieutenant Colonel (LtCol) Charles Groves Wright Anderson VC MC, 2/19th Infantry Battalion. LtCol Anderson was awarded the Victoria Cross for action in Malaya during 18 and 22 January 1942.100636
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Lieutenant Roden Cutler
Art
Maker: Dargie, William
Portrait of Lieutenant Roden Cutler VC (service no. NX12378) , 2 of 5 Field Regiment; Syrian Campaign.ART27516
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Lieutenant Roden Cutler
Art
Maker: Hanke, Henry
Depicts a portrait of Lieutenant A Roden Cutler, VC, 2/5th Field Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery. He was awarded the Victoria Cross during the campaign in Syria in 1941 for outstanding work in fi...ART22351
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MELBOURNE, VIC. 1945-09-08. MAJOR-GENERAL J. E. S. STEVENS (2), CONTRATULATING PRIVATE E. KENNA, ...
Photograph
MELBOURNE, VIC. 1945-09-08. MAJOR-GENERAL J. E. S. STEVENS (2), CONTRATULATING PRIVATE E. KENNA, 2/4TH INFANTRY BATTALION, FOR HIS VICTORIA CROSS AWARD, AT 115TH (HEIDELBERG) MILITARY HOSPITAL. COLONE...114771
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MELBOURNE, VIC. 1945-09-08. PATIENTS AND NURSES AT 115TH (HEIDELBERG) MILITARY HOSPITAL POSE FOR ...
Photograph
Maker: Nestor, Francis Joseph
MELBOURNE, VIC. 1945-09-08. PATIENTS AND NURSES AT 115TH (HEIDELBERG) MILITARY HOSPITAL POSE FOR THEIR PHOTOGRAPH WITH VX102142 PRIVATE (PTE) EDWARD KENNA, 2/4TH INFANTRY BATTALION, A RECENT WINNER OF...114773
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Melbourne, Vic. 1945-07-12. Portrait of Group Captain (Gp Capt) Hugh I. Edwards VC DSO DFC, in ...
Photograph
Maker: Harrison, John Thomas
Melbourne, Vic. 1945-07-12. Portrait of Group Captain (Gp Capt) Hugh I. Edwards VC DSO DFC, in the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) studios. A member of the RAF, Gp Capt Edwards was the first...VIC1562
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MELBOURNE, VIC. 1945-09-08. PRIVATE E. KENNA, 2/4TH INFANTRY BATTALION (2), A RECENT WINNER OF ...
Photograph
MELBOURNE, VIC. 1945-09-08. PRIVATE E. KENNA, 2/4TH INFANTRY BATTALION (2), A RECENT WINNER OF THE VICTORIA CROSS, WITH SOME OF HIS FRIENDS AT 115TH (HEIDELBERG) MILITARY HOSPITAL. IDENTIFIED PERSONNE...114770
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MELBOURNE, VIC. 1945-09-08. PRIVATE E. KENNA, 2/4TH INFANTRY BATTALION, A VICTORIA CROSS WINNER, ...
Photograph
MELBOURNE, VIC. 1945-09-08. PRIVATE E. KENNA, 2/4TH INFANTRY BATTALION, A VICTORIA CROSS WINNER, SEATED ON HIS BED AT 115TH (HEIDELBERG) MILITARY HOSPITAL.114769
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Members of 2/2nd Pioneer Battalion, ex-POWs of the Japanese, on the deck of British troopship MV ...
Photograph
Maker: Buchanan, Robert John
Members of 2/2nd Pioneer Battalion, ex-POWs of the Japanese, on the deck of British troopship MV Highland Brigade during their journey home to Australia. Identified, left to right: VX30705 Lieutenant...117837
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MEMBERS OF THE 2/17TH BATTALION, AIF. FROM LEFT TO RIGHT THEY ARE: JOCK SLATTERY, JOHN HEDGES, ...
Photograph
MEMBERS OF THE 2/17TH BATTALION, AIF. FROM LEFT TO RIGHT THEY ARE: JOCK SLATTERY, JOHN HEDGES, STEWART CROWTHER, BILL MCGILLIVRAY, HECTOR MCDONALD, JOHN EDMONDSON. EDMONDSON WAS AWARDED THE VICTORIA C...P00426.001
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MR AND MRS J.W. EDMONDSON AT ADMIRALTY HOUSE, SYDNEY. THEIR SON CORPORAL JACK H. EDMONDSON WAS ...
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MR AND MRS J.W. EDMONDSON AT ADMIRALTY HOUSE, SYDNEY. THEIR SON CORPORAL JACK H. EDMONDSON WAS AWARDED THE FIRST VICTORIA CROSS IN THE 2ND AIF, TOBRUK, LIBYA, 13 April 1941. THE OCCASION WAS THE PRESE...P01170.001
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N454409 Private Frank John Partridge VC, No. 8 Battalion, AMF. Private Partridge was awarded the ...
Photograph
N454409 Private Frank John Partridge VC, No. 8 Battalion, AMF. Private Partridge was awarded the Victoria Cross for bravery at Bougainville, Solomon Islands on 1945-07-24.131225A
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NX20317 CORPORAL JOHN BERNARD MACKEY VC, 2/3RD PIONEER BATTALION, AIF. CORPORAL MACKEY WAS ...
Photograph
NX20317 CORPORAL JOHN BERNARD MACKEY VC, 2/3RD PIONEER BATTALION, AIF. CORPORAL MACKEY WAS AWARDED THE VICTORIA CROSS FOR BRAVERY ON 1945-05-12 DURING AN ATTACK ON THREE JAPANESE POSITIONS AT A FEATUR...134468A
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NX15705 CORPORAL JOHN EDMONDSON, (IN FRONT) FOLLOWED BY J. DEERING AND DOUG FOSTER OF THE 2/17TH ...
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NX15705 CORPORAL JOHN EDMONDSON, (IN FRONT) FOLLOWED BY J. DEERING AND DOUG FOSTER OF THE 2/17TH BATTALION AIF. EDMONDSON WAS AWARDED THE VICTORIA CROSS, POSTHUMOUSLY, FOR ACTION ON 1941-04-13 AT TOBR...P00426.004
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NX12378 Lieutenant A. Roden Cutler VC, 2/5th Australian Field Regiment. Lieutenant Cutler was ...
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NX12378 Lieutenant A. Roden Cutler VC, 2/5th Australian Field Regiment. Lieutenant Cutler was awarded the Victoria Cross for most conspicuous and consistent gallantry during the Syrian campaign and fo...134905
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NX102964 SERGEANT REGINALD ROY RATTEY VC, A COMPANY, 25TH INFANTRY BATTALION. SERGEANT RATTEY WAS ...
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NX102964 SERGEANT REGINALD ROY RATTEY VC, A COMPANY, 25TH INFANTRY BATTALION. SERGEANT RATTEY WAS AWARDED THE VICTORIA CROSS FOR EXCEPTIONAL BRAVERY AND A COMPLETE DISREGARD FOR HIS OWN LIFE WHEN HE S...134906A
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NX102964 SERGEANT R. R. RATTEY VC, "A" COMPANY, 25TH INFANTRY BATTALION. SGT RATTEY WAS AWARDED ...
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Maker: Stuckey, Norman Bradford
NX102964 SERGEANT R. R. RATTEY VC, "A" COMPANY, 25TH INFANTRY BATTALION. SGT RATTEY WAS AWARDED THE VICTORIA CROSS (VC) FOR EXCEPTIONAL BRAVERY AND A COMPLETE DISREGARD FOR HIS OWN LIFE WHEN HE SILENC...134906
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Officers chatting with players during a spell in the football match between South Australian and ...
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Maker: Frankland, George Rupert
Officers chatting with players during a spell in the football match between South Australian and Tasmanian members of the 2/3 Machine Gun Battalion. Identified are TX2483 Sergeant (Sgt) Joseph Royden ...021176
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Outdoor portrait of King George VI pausing to talk to Australian Victoria Cross winners, from ...
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Maker: Unknown
Outdoor portrait of King George VI pausing to talk to Australian Victoria Cross winners, from left: NX700426 Frank Partridge VC; QX500601 Private Richard Kelliher VC and NX700427 Sergeant Reg Rattey V...P08489.001
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Outdoor portrait of NX14850 Platoon Sergeant (Sgt) John Seabright (Jack) Gambling and NX15705 ...
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Maker: Unknown
Outdoor portrait of NX14850 Platoon Sergeant (Sgt) John Seabright (Jack) Gambling and NX15705 Corporal (Cpl) John Hurst (Jack) Edmondson, 2/17 Battalion in training camp. Sgt Gambling was later promot...P10760.027.001
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Outdoor portrait of QX500601 Private Richard Kelliher VC and his family in Ballyboggan, Ireland. ...
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Outdoor portrait of QX500601 Private Richard Kelliher VC and his family in Ballyboggan, Ireland. Pte Kelliher had travelled to England as a member of the Australian Victory Contingent of 250 to attend...P08489.002
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PAPAR, BRITISH NORTH WEST BORNEO 1945-11-17. MEN ON PARADE WATCH BRIGADIER W. J. V. WINDEYER DSO ...
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PAPAR, BRITISH NORTH WEST BORNEO 1945-11-17. MEN ON PARADE WATCH BRIGADIER W. J. V. WINDEYER DSO ED, PINNING THE RIBBON OF THE VICTORIA CROSS ON PRIVATE LESLIE THOMAS STARCEVICH OF THE 2/43RD BATTALIO...124955
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PAPAR, BRITISH NORTH WEST BORNEO 1945-11-12. PORTRAIT OF PRIVATE LESLIE THOMAS STARCEVICH ...
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PAPAR, BRITISH NORTH WEST BORNEO 1945-11-12. PORTRAIT OF PRIVATE LESLIE THOMAS STARCEVICH (WITHOUT HAT) OFF THE 2/43RD BATTALION WHO HAD JUST BEEN PRESENTED WITH THE RIBBON OF THE VICTORIA CROSS (VC) ...124957
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Patronenkasten 15, MG34 Ammunition Box : Corporal J H Edmondson, 2/17 Battalion
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Rectangular ammunition box of welded and pressed steel construction. The box is finished in original wartime dark green paint, with red oxide primer showing through in some areas. The lid is impressed...RELAWM31375.003
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Pilot Officer N E Skinner, wireless operator, 149 Squadron RAF, 28-29 November 1942, describes the action for which Flight Sergeant Rawdon Hume Middleton was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross
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Maker: Skinner, Norman Edward British Broadcasting Corporation
Rawdon 'Ron' Middleton VC was the captain of Stirling Bomber "H" for Harry, 149 Squadron RAF on the night of 28-29 November 1942. The aircraft was en route to bomb the Fiat factory in Turin, Italy whe...S00097
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PORTRAIT OF CORPORAL (CPL) JOHN BERNARD MACKEY VC. IN THE AUSTRALIAN ATTACK ON A FEATURE KNOWN AS ...
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Maker: Thain, Ernest Robertson
PORTRAIT OF CORPORAL (CPL) JOHN BERNARD MACKEY VC. IN THE AUSTRALIAN ATTACK ON A FEATURE KNOWN AS HELEN, EAST OF TARAKAN, NORTH BORNEO, A SECTION OF THE 2/3RD AUSTRALIAN PIONEER BATTALION WAS LED BY C...134468
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Portrait of Corporal John Alexander French VC, 2/9th Infantry Battalion. He was awarded the ...
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Portrait of Corporal John Alexander French VC, 2/9th Infantry Battalion. He was awarded the Victoria Cross, posthumously, for action on 1942-09-04, at Milne Bay, New Guinea.100643A
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Portrait of Corporal John Hurst Edmondson VC, 2/17th Infantry Battalion. He was awarded the ...
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Portrait of Corporal John Hurst Edmondson VC, 2/17th Infantry Battalion. He was awarded the Victoria Cross, posthumously, for action at 1941-04-13 at Tobruk, Libya.100642A
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Portrait of Flight Lieutenant William Ellis Newton VC of No. 22 Squadron RAAF. Newton was awarded ...
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Portrait of Flight Lieutenant William Ellis Newton VC of No. 22 Squadron RAAF. Newton was awarded the Victoria Cross posthumously. He was executed by being beheaded by the Japanese on 29 March 1943 af...106584A
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Portrait of 402745 Flight Sergeant (later Pilot Officer) Rawdon Hume Middleton VC, RAAF, attached ...
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Portrait of 402745 Flight Sergeant (later Pilot Officer) Rawdon Hume Middleton VC, RAAF, attached to No. 149 Squadron RAF. He was awarded the Victoria Cross posthumously for action in the raid on Turi...100641
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Portrait of 402745 Flight Sergeant (later Pilot Officer) Rawdon Hume Middleton VC, RAAF, attached ...
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Portrait of 402745 Flight Sergeant (later Pilot Officer) Rawdon Hume Middleton VC, RAAF, attached to No. 149 Squadron RAF. He was awarded the Victoria Cross posthumously for action in the raid on Turi...100641A
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Portrait of Lieutenant Colonel C. G. W. Anderson, awarded the Victoria Cross for gallantry in ...
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Maker: Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Portrait of Lieutenant Colonel C. G. W. Anderson, awarded the Victoria Cross for gallantry in action. For five days he commanded a fighting withdrawal of the 2/19th and 2/29th Battalions AIF together ...012562
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Portrait of Lieutenant Colonel Charles Groves Wright Anderson VC MC, 2/19th Infantry Battalion. ...
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Portrait of Lieutenant Colonel Charles Groves Wright Anderson VC MC, 2/19th Infantry Battalion. Lieutenant Colonel Anderson was awarded the Victoria Cross for action in Malaya between 18 and 22 Januar...100636A
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PORTRAIT OF NX15705 CORPORAL JOHN EDMONDSON OF THE 2/17TH BATTALION AIF. EDMONDSON WAS AWARDED ...
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PORTRAIT OF NX15705 CORPORAL JOHN EDMONDSON OF THE 2/17TH BATTALION AIF. EDMONDSON WAS AWARDED THE VICTORIA CROSS, POSTHUMOUSLY, FOR ACTION ON 1941-04-13 AT TOBRUK, LIBYA.P00426.002