Lieutenant W. Dunstan with Colour Party and guard after being decorated with the Victoria Cross ...

Accession Number H18678
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Place made Australia: Victoria, Melbourne
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

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Description

Lieutenant W. Dunstan with Colour Party and guard after being decorated with the Victoria Cross by the Governor General, Sir Ronald Munro Ferguson, at Parliament House steps. Lieutenant Dunstan was awarded the Victoria Cross for action as a corporal with the 7th AIF Battalion at Lone Pine, Gallipoli, on 9th August 1915.

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